hoodwink

Example Sentences

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Mr Hogg said Dunlop had the "ability to lie and hoodwink the system", adding: "It's beyond belief."

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Facts are usually avoided when fiction gives us solace in our mediocrity, or when it gives us camouflage to hoodwink others.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

Opponents point to the ability of shorts to hoodwink investors by spreading false rumors before exiting a trade, a technique known as “short and distort.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

The prosecution has said Wirecard's management invented vast sums of phantom revenue to hoodwink investors and creditors.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2022

“Listen, Max. You think I’m trying to hoodwink you, don’t you?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright