Associations to the word «Bamboozle»

Wiktionary

BAMBOOZLE, verb. (informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

Dictionary definition

BAMBOOZLE, verb. Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.