hoodwinked
Example Sentences
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But when 26 bodies were discovered under the floorboards of his Chicago home in 1978, it was clear they’d all been hoodwinked by the middle-aged guy next door.
From Los Angeles Times
Twenty years after 9/11, the United States can’t afford to be hoodwinked by Islamist terrorists.
From Washington Post
They range from a forbidden love affair to a yearslong surveillance campaign to a conspiracy that hoodwinked the nation.
From New York Times
Still, “Misha and the Wolves” shows how, in certain situations, people too polite to demand evidence can be hoodwinked.
From New York Times
Rather the rock itself had hoodwinked the scientists.
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
