Hoodwink: alternatives and connections

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

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An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

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The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

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To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.

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To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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