hoodwinked
Example Sentences
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Let him know that there’s a chance this is a romance scam/honey trap and that even the smartest people get hoodwinked by nefarious characters who take advantage of their loneliness.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
New Yorkers still take pride in not being easily hoodwinked.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
A vulnerable widower has been left homeless and "truly suffering" after being hoodwinked into sending £85,000 to a woman who never existed.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024
Rare is the adult who hasn’t been hoodwinked by somebody somewhere.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024
“You think he is mistaken? Or that I have somehow hoodwinked him? Fooled the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard, the most accomplished Legilimens the world has ever seen?”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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