bamboozle
bam·boozle
verb
1.
conceal one''s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”
Origin
Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner.
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