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hoodwinked
[ hood-wingkd ]
adjective
- deceived or tricked:
Bankers lied to the fearful and easily hoodwinked public about the threat of our financial system collapsing.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink ( def ).
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·³ó´Ç´Ç»å··É¾±²Ô°ì±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hoodwinked1
Example Sentences
I was hoodwinked in a similar way to the British-Ghanaian teenager who recently took his parents to the High Court in London for sending him to school in Ghana.
“Not only is it good for the economy and good for our communities, but it's much, much less likely that you're going to be hoodwinked.â€
Wolff also encouraged social critics to not be hoodwinked by "simple-minded arguments" that attempt to turn people off from all left-wing politics through generic vilification of bureaucrats.
A vulnerable widower has been left homeless and "truly suffering" after being hoodwinked into sending £85,000 to a woman who never existed.
Rare is the adult who hasn’t been hoodwinked by somebody somewhere.
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