Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bamboozle

1 sense of bamboozle

Sense 1
bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false -- (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well")
       => deceive, betray, lead astray -- (cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house")