hoodwinking 1 of 2

present participle of hoodwink

hoodwinking

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noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoodwinking
Verb
  • The perfectly still water creates a flawless mirror image of the stalactites above, tricking your eyes into seeing a vast, bottomless lake.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • What does work is tricking her into pressing a button that knocks her out.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Your press release isn’t fooling anyone.
    Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Stop fooling yourself and listen.
    Richard B. Williams, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Police said McGriff employed the ruse to access the couple's Queens residence and then set it ablaze.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • McGriff allegedly tried the ruse at a nearby house first but was turned away, Tisch said.
    Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The honeymoon phase can be deceiving.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Share your horror at learning that this person is deceiving family members and basically stealing from them.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The trial was a kangaroo circus packed with sophism, subterfuge, and courtroom chicanery.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe Payton’s running the best preseason subterfuge campaign ever to make Estime look bad on film.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s some deception at play.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Stories of similar scenes are sweeping Puerto Rico—raids without court orders, marked by deception and racial profiling, often regardless of legal status.
    Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Corona del Mar used some trickery to take the lead on the ensuing possession.
    Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Or, some serious internal trickery.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Night after night the stratagem was repeated successfully.
    Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For people like Soriano, however, the elections are about more than political stratagem and determining which family holds the most nominal power.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 13 May 2025
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“Hoodwinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoodwinking. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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