hoodwinked

Example Sentences

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But when 26 bodies were discovered under the floorboards of his Chicago home in 1978, it was clear they’d all been hoodwinked by the middle-aged guy next door.

From Los Angeles Times

Because where Holmes may have hoodwinked mighty men who underestimated a gal’s ability to bamboozle their big old brains, Maxwell was deceiving the most vulnerable members of her own sex.

From Washington Post

Being of a certain age, these men first felt bamboozled and then likely hoodwinked, but they kept buying the stuff because, you know, sports.

From Salon

He said he had been hoodwinked by bad intelligence about “weapons of mass destruction” in the country and saw echoes of the Vietnam War in the conflict.

From Seattle Times

On the left, Populists and socialists denounced political machines that had hoodwinked working-class voters.

From New York Times