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What is another word for hoodwinking?

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Noun

The act or fact of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth

A trick played on someone for fun

Adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

Verb

Present participle for to deceive or trick

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Noun

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The act or fact of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth

pretence^UK

pretense^US

manoeuvre^UK

maneuver^US

manoeuvres^UK

maneuvers^US

misbehavior^US

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

every trick in the book

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

bearing false testimony

giving false evidence

false statement

false oath

making false statements

violation of an oath

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Noun

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A trick played on someone for fun

phoney^UK

phony^US

endeavour^UK

endeavor^US

programme^UK

program^US

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Adjective

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Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

economical with the truth

not to be depended on

intentionally misleading

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

like a snake in the grass

all talk and no action

not to be relied upon

coloured^UK

colored^US

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

without law and order

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Verb

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Present participle for to deceive or trick

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

taking to the cleaners

doing a number on

getting the better of

leading up the garden path

pulling one's leg

putting one over on

having on

leading down the garden path

making a sucker of

pulling a fast one on

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

selling a pup

selling a pup to

pulling someone's leg

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

giving someone a bum steer

selling down the river

putting on the wrong track

manipulating

throwing off the scent

giving the wrong impression

stealing a march on

double-dealing

figuring out

sending on a wild goose chase

selling a bill of goods

putting on false front

letting down

playing someone false

preying on

breaking faith with

doing someone in the eye

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

playing trick on

selling a bill of goods to

wrong steering

leading up garden path

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

slipping something over on

backstabbing

doing someone dirty

biasing^US

biassing^UK

playing fast and loose with

sending on a wild-goose chase

playing dirty

stretching the rules

bending the rules

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

twisting around your little finger

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

going one better than

saying something untrue

telling a white lie

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

bearing false witness

breaking promise

telling untruths

deking

putting someone up to something

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

finding a loophole in

tampering with

exploiting a loophole in

fiddling with

interfering with

tinkering with

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“There are many wolves in sheepskin whose mission is to hoodwink the people at every turn with sugar-coated good-for-nothing promises.”

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