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bamboozle
verb
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
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bæm.ˈbuː.zəl
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verb
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”
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He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
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