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bamboozle (verb), bamboozles; bamboozled; bamboozling
1. To trick someone by elaborate methods of deceit; to hoodwink: The salesman bamboozled Mike into buying a car by making him think he was getting a real bargain.

Some con men bamboozle a lot of elderly people on the phone by pretending to be relatives who are requesting money for emergencies and the people who pick up funds claim to do this for the pseudo nephews or nieces.
2. To conceal one's real motives; especially, by pretending or feigning good intentions so as to gain an objective: George bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew their subjects very well.

To trick or to deceive with misinformation.
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To cheat by confusing or cheating.
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