hoodwink
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It soon became apparent that my name and image were being used by scammers to try to hoodwink people out of money.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025
Opponents point to the ability of shorts to hoodwink investors by spreading false rumors before exiting a trade, a technique known as “short and distort.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023
The prosecution has said Wirecard's management invented vast sums of phantom revenue to hoodwink investors and creditors.
From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2022
This accusation of fakery isn’t exclusive to Sandy Hook; Jones’s modus operandi is telling supporters that one horrific event or another was merely a play put on to hoodwink the masses.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2022
Country people we may be, but by golly yokels that you can hoodwink we are jolly well not!'”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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