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Definition of hoodwink verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hoodwink

verb

NAmE//ˈhʊdwɪŋk//

hoodwink somebody (into doing something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hoodwink

he / she / it hoodwinks

past simple hoodwinked

-ing form hoodwinking

to trick someone She was hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace. I feel as if I've been hoodwinked.

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