bamboozled

• The news item sparking the discussion was a note on Barack Obama's colloquial language; he was already telling voters not to be bamboozled or hoodwinked by his opponents, not to fall for the okey-doke.
• Gradually, persuaded by their own kind, bamboozled, worn out with beating their heads on the hard walls of censure, those who had hidden and fought and stood alone, crumbled, gave in, let go. —  Red As Blood
• They would look at us and see (although they'd never say it), semi-retarded, bamboozled, wimp-heads. —  Radical Goddess Thealogy
• To Al Gore and all his mindless, bamboozled, take-urban-comfort-for-granted followers on down, let's see you try this. —  Sound Politics
• Earlier this month, Telstra put out a press release trumpeting that it's come up with a new phone coaching service to help people who are "bamboozled" by their mobiles. —  ZDNET.com.au

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