bamboozleverb [ T ]
uk/bæmˈbuː.zəl/us/bæmˈbuː.zəl/informalto trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them :
She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bilk
- blackmail
- blag
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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