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hoodwink

[hood-wingk] / ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk /


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Mr Hogg said Dunlop had the "ability to lie and hoodwink the system", adding: "It's beyond belief."

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

The prosecution has said Wirecard's management invented vast sums of phantom revenue to hoodwink investors and creditors.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2022

For example, they hoodwink their parents when moving out of their summer dorm room and mislead a judge in an audition.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

The crux of the episode focuses on the Simpson family's travel to Beijing, where they attempt to cheat the adoption process and hoodwink an adoption agent.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2021

“Listen, Max. You think I’m trying to hoodwink you, don’t you?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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