hoodwinking

Example Sentences

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She said Joshua's "hoodwinking of innocent people" must "come into the light".

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

Another example of agent Scott Boras hoodwinking one of their own, they said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

At one point he sent for me, and I found him on his cellphone with someone on the crew, proposing a plot that, I soon gathered, involved hoodwinking Gilligan.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

They did not realize or understand that he is a con man who thrives on hoodwinking and exploiting others.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2021

First, what makes you think that Quinn—this man of certain standing, you know—wasn’t hoodwinking you, in order to get you to do exactly what you are doing?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov