HOODWINKED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

hoodwinked

verb

past tense of hoodwink

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence

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Recent Examples of hoodwinked The trick is to not get hoodwinked by the illusion of a deal. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 7 June 2026 To this day, a portion of the left-wing Democratic elite views Obama as a charlatan who hoodwinked their voters into supporting him. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026 There’s no argument that somehow people were hoodwinked or didn’t know what was in the contract. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Public health often responds that MAHA supporters like Elizabeth, Melinda, and Nancy have been hoodwinked by social media influencers, grifters, and anti-vaccine zealots. — Tom W. Johnson, STAT, 26 Jan. 2026 Invited to provide his thoughts on this, Arbeloa stressed he won’t be hoodwinked. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026 Reps for Young and Baez declined to comment, much like reps for Bob Dylan, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, and others who have passed on making statements about AI imagery that’s hoodwinked whatever percentage of their fan bases. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 Slow Horses is a twisty show, but the assumption that Roddy had been hoodwinked by a glamorous woman far out of his league seemed about as safe a bet as possible. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025 However, for your sign, money and possessions are where you might be hoodwinked or not realize what’s going on. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025

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But a few times in recent years, Hollins, a veterinarian, tricked Jonathan and slid a cotton swab into the giant tortoise's mouth to get a saliva sample.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Those conducting the online scams are sometimes willing con artists, and other times trafficked foreign nationals -- many Chinese -- tricked themselves into work and held in prison-like compounds.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tricked

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Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.

— Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Some of the Colombians have long maintained that they were deceived about the mission and arrived at the home after Moïse had already been killed.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceived

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Don’t be fooled by the big numbers that these guys throw around in their ballots.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Despite all the criticism that has pummeled the club since it was found guilty of over 100 charges relating to financial breaches, you could be fooled into thinking nothing was wrong.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fooled

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