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bamboozle (bæmˈbuːzəl Pronunciation for bamboozle ) 

Definitions

verb

(informal)
  1. to cheat; mislead
  2. to confuse

Derived Forms

bamˈboozler noun
bamˈboozlement noun

Word Origin

C18: of unknown origin

Synonyms

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= cheat, do, kid, skin, trick, fool, take in, con, stiff, sting, mislead, rip off, thwart, deceive, fleece, hoax, defraud, dupe, beguile, gull, delude, swindle, stitch up, victimize, hoodwink, double-cross, diddle, take for a ride, do the dirty on, bilk, pull a fast one on, cozen
= puzzle, confuse, stump, baffle, bewilder, confound, perplex, mystify, befuddle, flummox, nonplus

Example Sentences Including 'bamboozle'

Dembski's mathematical symbols are arranged on the page to bamboozle non-scientists, not to express a chain of logical reasoning.
Spiked (2005)
He proceeds to bamboozle the bewildered and increasingly hostile dealers by barking at them, in absurdist drug slang, `Jessup!
Ben Thompson SUNSHINE ON PUTTY: The Golden Age of British Comedy from The Big Night Out to The Office (2004)
If the staff of La Plage could bamboozle Jeremy into behaving like a tourist, then there was still hope for her.
Pacter, Trudi Yellow Bird
The TGA guidelines also say companies should not bamboozle their customers with science.
The Australian (2004)
The city made a good attempt to bamboozle us with all the finer details of their technology.
Ottawa Sun (2003)
Unknown 20- year-old put on all-singing, all-dancing show to bamboozle poor Everton.
Sun, News of the World (2005)
Yet bamboozle surely enhances the language rather than corrupts it.
Independent (1998)

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