hoodwinked

[ hood-wingkd ]

adjective

1. deceived or tricked:

   Bankers lied to the fearful and easily hoodwinked public about the threat of our financial system collapsing.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·hood·winked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoodwinked¹

hoodwink ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The Supreme Court has hoodwinked us, because that’s not really what freedom of speech is about at all.

From Slate

They knew that Schwarzman and another Yale alumnus, Steve Mnuchin, the future treasury secretary, had indeed foreclosed on properties whose residents had been hoodwinked into over-leveraging their purchases in ways that doomed their ownership, as I recounted in the New Republic a few months after confronting him.

From Salon

So, starting Monday morning, thousands of Juulers across the country—all of whom assert that they have been hoodwinked by mango-, mint-, and crème brûlée–flavored nicotine—woke up to oodles of compensation waiting in their Venmos and PayPals.

From Slate

When he did show up for a contentious interview with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Chicago Economic Club, Trump complained that he was "hoodwinked to go on that."

From Salon

Wolff also encouraged social critics to not be hoodwinked by "simple-minded arguments" that attempt to turn people off from all left-wing politics through generic vilification of bureaucrats.

From Salon