hoodwinked

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Those who voted for Obama have been bamboozled, hoodwinked, and scammed.

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  1. transitive verb To take in by deceptive means; deceive. See Synonyms at deceive.
  2. transitive verb Archaic To blindfold.
  3. transitive verb Obsolete To conceal.

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  • And you obviously have been hoodwinked or you've talked about somebody else. " —  Nicholas Negroponte, in 1984, makes 5 predictions
  • The story of a shikse (a word I'd never heard and thus had no idea was derogatory) from a small New England town, taken in, hoodwinked, and swindled blind by such skillful means as she never dreamt existed. —  HUMORLESSBITCH
  • But let's imagine that DeWitt hadn't been hoodwinked, and that the Senators had been unable to acquire Claude Osteen from the Reds. —  The Hardball Times
  • But having been hoodwinked* with his VP choice, American's may just see any "surprise" as more politiking at this point. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • The man, who was arrested for fraud, "hoodwinked" people into believing that he was the chairman of the party's Rosebank branch, Xulu alleged.
 

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