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词汇 bamboozle
释义 bamboozle
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /bæmˈbuː.zəl/ us /bæmˈbuː.zəl/
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : 愚弄;欺骗
Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon.
She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.他们连哄带骗,骗她说出了信用卡号码。
Synonym
hoodwink
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cheating & tricking
anti-fraud
bad faith
bilk
blackmail
blag
deceive
diddle
feint
flannel
game-fixing
grift
grifter
gull
gyp
have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
prankster
pretext
pretextual
pull
pull a fast oneidiom

Examples of bamboozle


bamboozle
Instead, our people have been bamboozled into believing that a mirage is nearer, more attainable and more desirable.
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Is there not a serious danger of the public being bamboozled?
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It is not fair to bamboozle the public in such a way.
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Any number of us have knowledge of how inspectors can be bamboozled.
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I hope that he will not try just to bamboozle us with the usual speech he reads about the number of sq.
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They got back to power by bamboozling the people about their real intentions.
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The investor has not been pressurised or bamboozled into the investment.
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Comfortable gentlemen with a power of public speech could bamboozle the farmers.
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But we really must not be bamboozled any more.
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I hesitate to use the word "bamboozle" but some of the explanations come close to the use of that word.
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I do not think they will be bamboozled from fear or anything else into weakening our military strength.
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This is a technique which often bamboozles people.
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The public have been confused, bamboozled and cheated by so-called advisers whose main interest was earning fat commissions rather than selling good-value products.
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In this way they seek to bamboozle those whom they exist to serve.
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It did not say "led astray"; it said "bamboozled".
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