Hoodwink Definition

ho͝odwĭngk
hoodwinked, hoodwinks
verb
hoodwinked, hoodwinks
To blindfold.
Webster's New World
To mislead or confuse by trickery; dupe.
Webster's New World
To conceal.
American Heritage
The definition of hoodwink is to trick or deceive someone.
An example of hoodwink is when you tell a lie to your friend about why you want to borrow his car, saying you need to take a sick aunt to the hospital when you really want to go on a date.
YourDictionary

(archaic) To cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold.

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Origin of Hoodwink

Hoodwink Sentence Examples

  • Most places that proclaim "We speak English" will likely hoodwink you for your cash and give you sub-standard food.

  • To put it in simpler language, we do not hoodwink the workers.

  • In other words, to use their contacts and reputation to hoodwink commissioning editors into publishing puff material under the guise of impartial journalism.

  • As any con-man knows, the easiest way to hoodwink your mark is to let him think he's hoodwinking somebody else.

  • This treaty, however, was kept from public knowledge, and Ashley helped Charles to hoodwink parliament by signing a similar treaty on the 2nd of February 1672, which was laid before them as the only one in existence.

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