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noun

Definition of hoodwinkingnext
as in fooling

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verb

present participle of hoodwink
as in tricking
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 Synonyms for hoodwinking
  1. ruse
  2. fooling
  3. subterfuge
  4. deceiving
  5. deception
  6. trickery
  7. stratagem
  8. deceit
Noun
  • Sunday outsmarted Adam and Hannah with a ruse at Tribal Council.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • That was a ruse for Litton, who does not have a grandson, to get onto campus, Honea said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruse
Verb
  • At one point, Stevenson, who is entering his second season, even let out a deep sigh when asked about the difficulty of covering Allen, a seasoned vet skilled in fooling defensive backs.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Feminist activism wasn’t based on fooling women to give up something great.
    Marissa C. Rhodes / Made by History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of fooling
Noun
  • This content, much of it clearly generated by AI rather than intended to deceive—a medium of crude self-expression, not sophisticated subterfuge—may have been the technology’s biggest impact on the 2024 presidential election.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But as the film goes on, those idiosyncrasies reveal themselves to be more like a blend of subterfuge and pleasure, another way for Macrinus to hide his intentions behind a veil.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of subterfuge
Verb
  • What were once simple schemes have now turned into complex operations capable of deceiving even the most tech-savvy individuals.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • And what happens next is so deceiving.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of deceiving
Noun
  • If the princess world is all sort of deception, this is no artifice at all.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • So, in the spirit of humoring that little Gremlin, here’s a rundown of some of Pattinson’s most memorable deceptions and dubious claims.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of deception
Noun
  • Elegant and the users are never cognizant of the under-the-hood trickery.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Defenses continue to watch film on Darnold, but O'Connell could draw up some trickery by adding Jones to the mix.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of trickery
Noun
  • This stratagem was exacerbated by prosecutors’ racializing of the case.
    The Editors, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Not according to Hinch and Our Man Petzold, who reports the strategy is part of the Tigers’ plan to maximize the effectiveness of their opener/bulk-relief stratagem.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of stratagem
Noun
  • Its story is already dark and moody with themes of death, grief, deceit, revenge and bug-eating.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The executive further lauded Rodrigo for fighting for the aforementioned rights, and acknowledging and showing empathy for issues — love, break-ups, learning how to drive, deceit — with which some young people struggle.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of deceit
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