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 Word Forms

• un·hood·winked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoodwinked¹

hoodwink ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

I was hoodwinked in a similar way to the British-Ghanaian teenager who recently took his parents to the High Court in London for sending him to school in Ghana.

From BBC

“Not only is it good for the economy and good for our communities, but it's much, much less likely that you're going to be hoodwinked.”

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

A vulnerable widower has been left homeless and "truly suffering" after being hoodwinked into sending £85,000 to a woman who never existed.

From BBC

Rare is the adult who hasn’t been hoodwinked by somebody somewhere.

From Salon