bamboozle

bæmˈbuːzəl

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Definition of bamboozle - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

trickery

Rare

trick or deceive someone for personal gain

Rare

He bamboozled his friends into buying fake tickets.

deceive

dupe

hoodwink

confusion

Rare

confuse or perplex someone with misleading information

Rare

The instructions completely bamboozled the new employees.

deceive

hoodwink

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Expressions with bamboozle

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bamboozle into

trick someone so they do something they would not do

He bamboozled me into signing the contract.

bamboozle into doing

trick someone into doing something they didn't plan

She bamboozled him into signing the contract.

Origin of bamboozle

Unknown, possibly related to French, embabouiner (to make a fool of)

Examples of bamboozle in a sentence

The salesman bamboozled them into buying a useless gadget.
The magician's tricks bamboozled the audience.
He tried to bamboozle me with technical jargon.

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French:embobiner, embrouiller, ...
German:täuschen, verwirren, ...
Italian:ingannare, confondere, ...
Spanish:engañar, desconcertar, ...
Portuguese:enganar, confundir, ...
Chinese:哄骗, 迷惑, ...
Japanese:騙す, 混乱させる, ...
Arabic:خَدَعَ, أَرْبَكَ, ...
Hebrew:לְהוֹנוֹת, לְבַלְבֵּל, ...
Russian:обмануть, одурачить, ...
Ukrainian:обдурити, заплутати, ...
Hindi:धोखा देना, भ्रमित करना, ...
Bengali:প্রতারণা করা, বিভ্রান্ত করা, ...
Catalan:enganyar, desconcertar, ...
Czech:obelstít, zmást, ...
Danish:narre, forvirre, ...
Dutch:bedriegen, verwarren, ...
Greek:ξεγελώ, μπερδεύω, ...
Hungarian:becsapni, összezavarni, ...
Khmer:បោកបញ្ឆោត, ធ្វើឱ្យវង្វេងវង្វាន់, ...
Korean:속이다, 혼란스럽게 하다, ...
Persian:فریب داد, گیج کرد, ...
Polish:oszukać, zdezorientować, ...
Portuguese (BR):enganar, confundir, ...
Romanian:a păcăli, a deruta, ...
Swedish:lura, förbrylla, ...
Thai:หลอกลวง, ทำให้สับสน, ...
Turkish:kandırmak, şaşırtmak, ...
Vietnamese:lừa gạt, làm bối rối, ...

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