hoodwink
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verb (used with object)
1.
to deceive or trick.
2.
Archaic. to blindfold.
3.
Obsolete. to cover or hide.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to dupe; trick |
| 2. | obsolete to cover or hide |
| [C16: originally, to cover the eyes with a hood, blindfold] | |
| 'hoodwinker | |
| —n | |
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Hoodwink
is an SAT word you need to know.
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| existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individ |
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Example sentences
These methods are unlikely to hoodwink unsuspecting consumers, because consumers are usually familiar with them.
It's the sort of abusive statistical comparison political hacks use to hoodwink the public.
Right now it is one group of people trying to hoodwink another group of people.
Call it mendacity, dishonesty, the ongoing effort to hoodwink the people.
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