bamboozle

"I was bamboozled," she says, her eyes wide with shock.

As I neared the end, I felt bamboozled because there were at least two massive archways that looked like the finish line, but actually weren’t.

Kennedy has exploited the false perception that he's a liberal Democrat to bamboozle some people into thinking far-right health policies, such as slashing Medicaid, are "moderate" positions.

With enough money and enough media access to amplify his intentions, he successfully bamboozled enough voters to win.

You may eventually see that you’ve been bamboozled, or you may continue to descend into the mass psychosis gripping the American mind.