bamboozling

• “When bamboozling is the best business plan you know you are in a shady business.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Mothers Against Debt

• “He decries the politicians who are "bamboozling" voters with "demagoguery about get-tough approaches that they know don't work.”

  Chicago Reader

• “Saeed Ajmal, bowlerThe off-spinner with a bamboozling doosra has been around for a while, but has blossomed under Misbah's astute captaincy.”

  The Guardian: Misbah's new cast transform Pakistan's dramatic cricket soap opera

• “The only thing these executives are talented in is bamboozling everybody into thinking that they have some special talent that is worth lots of money.”

  Think Progress » Giuliani: My ‘Warped View’ Is That Huge Wall Street Bonuses Are ‘Wonderful’

• “The result: Legal issues are contributing to the disarray in the housing market, weighing down financial groups with huge provisions for potential losses and bamboozling an investor community already fretting about banks' returns and business models.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Next Stage of Crisis Grief: Acceptance

• “He bowled brilliantly with the new ball, and once, when I was facing a second one, was bamboozling me.”

  The Guardian: Praveen Kumar's bowling secrets will be deciphered in time | Mike Selvey

• “Small groups of rich people, determined to maximize profits, are buying or bamboozling politicians into serving their interests and into ignoring the interests of the vast majority of the population.”

  The Huffington Post: Johann Hari: Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All

• “This conjured a pleasing image of Lennon turning up on the field at White Hart Lane one afternoon wearing a fez and bamboozling opponents by saying: Glass, bottle.”

  The Guardian: Ashley Young has a turn of phrase to go with the tricks

• “Mercifully the 2011 World Cup has lopped off seven days and the stagnant, superfluous round robin but it still needs a spark to ignite, a beautifully crafted Aravinda da Silva knock, a Mushtaq Ahmed googly utterly bamboozling Graeme Hick, Richards stepping to leg and firing Bob Willis over extra cover or even Boycott turning his cap back to front and confounding everyone.”

  The Guardian: Cricket World Cup needs classic moments – not Bryan Adams – to be a hit | Rob Bagchi

• “The only way in which this woman could even remotely be considered “brilliant” lies in her talent for bamboozling people into thinking she should be taken seriously.”

  Think Progress » Poll Shows Palin’s Unfavorability Ratings At All-Time High As Broder Extols Her ‘Populist’ Appeal

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