Meaning & use
bamboozle
To deceive, confuse, or trick someone, often through cleverness or deliberate misdirection.
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The salesman tried to bamboozle customers with confusing jargon about the car's features.
She realized too late that the scheme had bamboozled hundreds of trusting investors.
A note on using this word
Bamboozle is informal and often carries a playful or mildly humorous tone, even though the act it describes is dishonest.
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