From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhoodwinkhood‧wink /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ verb [transitive + into] TRICK/DECEIVEto trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage for yourself SYN con→ See Verb table
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hoodwink• Could we have been hoodwinked all the way?• He says they've been hoodwinked and the noise is an intrusion on their lives.• Some one should hoodwink Hick into thinking it's a one-day game.• She had been hoodwinked into spending money on a product that she can not, eco-soundly, use.• But don't be hoodwinked into thinking that gifts and other offerings are the way to bring lasting happiness.• He'd been exploited, hoodwinked, lied to.• Does anyone else around here think we were hoodwinked on this deal?• On board ship he invariably tried to hoodwink other people, even a cabin boy, into paying for his sherry.Origin hoodwink (1600-1700) hoodwink “to cover the eyes with a hood” ((16-19 centuries)), from hood + wink 