bamboozle

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bamboozle > verb, communication
Meaning	Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
Synonyms	snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
Broader	deceive, betray, lead astray