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Bamboozled

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bam⋅boo⋅zle

  [bam-boo-zuhl] verb, -zled, -zling.
Use Bamboozled in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club.
2. to perplex; mystify.
–verb (used without object)
3. to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like.
Origin:
1695–1705; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
bam⋅boo⋅zle⋅ment, noun
bam⋅boo⋅zler, noun

Synonyms:
1. gyp, dupe, trick, cheat, swindle.
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bam·boo·zle   (bām-bōō'zəl)   
tr.v.   bam·boo·zled, bam·boo·zling, bam·boo·zles Informal
To take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink. See Synonyms at deceive.

[Origin unknown.]
bam·boo'zle·ment n., bam·boo'zler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
bamboozle [bæmˈbuzlæ]

  1. tv.
    to deceive someone; to confuse someone. (See also bamboozled.) : Don't try to bamboozle me! I know what I want!
  2. tv.
    to steal something. : The crooks bamboozled the old man's life savings.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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bamboozled [bæmˈbuzlæd]

  1. mod.
    confused. : This stuff sure has me bamboozled.
  2. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. (Collegiate.) : She's not just drunk, she's totally bamboozled.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bamboozle 
1703, originally a slang or cant word, perhaps Scottish from bombaze "perplex," related to bombast, or Fr. embabuiner "to make a fool (lit. 'baboon') of."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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