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1 hoodwink -- rank: 1000

hoodwink definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink] 2: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately ... thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the ... blindfold', f. HOOD(1) n. + WINK Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hoodwink Hood"wink, v. t. [Hood + wink.] 1. To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him. --Shak. 2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] --Shak. 3 ... honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people... = con VERB: V n Soule's Dictionary of ...

2 Bamboozle -- rank: 440

... thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the ... unknown Date: 1703 1. to deceive by underhanded methods ; dupe, hoodwink 2. to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely ... forestall, fuddle, gammon, get, get around, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, keep in suspense, let down, lick, maze ...

3 Blindfold -- rank: 440

... eyes, esp. with a tied cloth. 2 deprive of understanding; hoodwink. --n. 1 a bandage or cloth used to blindfold. 2 ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (by a bandage ... deprive of sight, dim, eclipse, excecate, eye patch, glare, gouge, hoodwink, make blind, obscure, snow-blind, strike blind

4 Beguile -- rank: 440

... 0 (2005) v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink] 2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the ... 13th century transitive verb 1. to lead by deception 2. hoodwink 3. to while away especially by some agreeable occupation; also ... get around, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, jockey, juggle, kill, knock dead ...

5 Cheat -- rank: 440

... fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cheat Cheat, n. [rob ... dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, beguile, mislead, cajole, inveigle, gammon, impose upon, take in, swindle ... gyp joint, gypper, hanky-panky, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, humbug, illicit business, imitation, imposition, impostor, imposture, juggler, junk, lie ...

6 Circumvent -- rank: 348

... mate, outgeneral. 2. Deceive, cheat, defraud, trick, cozen, overreach, delude, hoodwink, dupe, gull, bamboozle, chouse, outwit, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon ... go round, go the round, gull, gyre, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, knock the chocks, lap, let down, make ...

7 Defraud -- rank: 348

... a. Cheat, cozen, trick, dupe, gull, deceive, overreach, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, chouse, beguile, impose upon. Moby Thesaurus abstract, and, annex, appropriate ... fool, fudge, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hook, humbug, lift, make off with, milk, mulct, nip, outwit ...

8 Blind -- rank: 348

... II. v. a. 1. Make blind, deprive of sight. 2. Hoodwink, blindfold. III. n. 1. Screen, cover, shade, curtain. 2. Blinder ... heedless, helpless, hemeralopic, hid, hidden, hide, hip straps, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, imperceptive, impercipient, impervious to, impetuous, impulsive, in a cloud, in ...

9 Deceive -- rank: 348

... dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, beguile, hoodwink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon ... give the slip, go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, impose on, impose upon, inveigle, juggle, lead astray ...

10 to come -- rank: 348

... into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or ... into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or ...

11 Fool -- rank: 348

... Deceive, cheat, trick, dupe, gull, delude, circumvent, cozen, overreach, beguile, hoodwink, chouse, cully, impose upon. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue ... greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, gulled, half-wit, harlequin, hoax, hoodwink, horn in, horse around, humbug, idiot, idiotic, idle, ignoramus, illiterate ...

12 victimize -- rank: 348

... cozen, chouse, gull, over-reach, befool, fool, beguile, circumvent, diddle, hoodwink, jockey, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon, take ... gyp, harass, harry, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hold up, hoodwink, hound, hunt, immolate, molest, mulct, oppress, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral ...

13 Come -- rank: 348

... into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or ... into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or ...

14 To come by -- rank: 220

... into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or ...

15 To come between -- rank: 220

... into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or ...