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hoodwinked

[hood-wingkd] / ˈhʊdˌwɪŋkd /




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Even though I could afford it and I needed the operation done, it was hard not to feel a little hoodwinked.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

New Yorkers still take pride in not being easily hoodwinked.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

I was hoodwinked in a similar way to the British-Ghanaian teenager who recently took his parents to the High Court in London for sending him to school in Ghana.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

Rare is the adult who hasn’t been hoodwinked by somebody somewhere.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024

The prison service distrusted all organizations that could affect world opinion, and regarded them not as legitimate investigators to be dealt with honestly but as med-dling interlopers to be hoodwinked if possible.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela