hoodwink Synonym

deceive - dupe - trick - mislead - con - bamboozle - fool - cheat - swindle - misguide

To hoodwink someone means to deceive, trick, or mislead them, often by using cunning, manipulation, or deliberate misinformation. When a person is hoodwinked, they are made to believe something that is false, usually for another’s advantage or gain. The term can apply to small-scale tricks, such as misleading a friend with a prank, as well as to more serious forms of deceit, like fraud, scams, or manipulation in business or politics. It often suggests that the victim is kept in the dark or figuratively “blindfolded” to the truth until the deception is revealed.