hoodwink

Example Sentences

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

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2022

This accusation of fakery isn’t exclusive to Sandy Hook; Jones’s modus operandi is telling supporters that one horrific event or another was merely a play put on to hoodwink the masses.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2022

"We are not going to hoodwink the people. We are going to be frank and present a plan to get rid of Sri Lanka's economic ills," Mr Premadasa said.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2022

Optimism, of course, must remain guarded here — and not just because the Mariners regularly hoodwink their fans into thinking that playoff drought is going to end.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2022

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

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright