Hoodwink
verb
To deceive or trick someone.
She had been hoodwinked into signing the document without reading it.
verb
To cover or blindfold someone's eyes.
The kidnappers hoodwinked their victim.
verb
To deceive or trick someone.
She had been hoodwinked into signing the document without reading it.
verb
To cover or blindfold someone's eyes.
The kidnappers hoodwinked their victim.
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Pro Tip 1/3Be cautious
Used when someone is deceived intentionally, often in a crafty or sly way.
Be wary of free giveaways that try to hoodwink you into subscriptions.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative undertone
Carries a negative implication towards the person doing the deceiving.
Politicians often hoodwink the public with false promises.
Pro Tip 3/3Involves surprise
The deception is usually unexpected, leaving the deceived feeling betrayed.
I felt hoodwinked when I discovered the 'genuine' painting was a fake.
Pro Tip 1/3Be cautious
Used when someone is deceived intentionally, often in a crafty or sly way.
Be wary of free giveaways that try to hoodwink you into subscriptions.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative undertone
Carries a negative implication towards the person doing the deceiving.
Politicians often hoodwink the public with false promises.
Pro Tip 3/3Involves surprise
The deception is usually unexpected, leaving the deceived feeling betrayed.
I felt hoodwinked when I discovered the 'genuine' painting was a fake.
Pro Tip 1/3Be cautious
Used when someone is deceived intentionally, often in a crafty or sly way.
Be wary of free giveaways that try to hoodwink you into subscriptions.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative undertone
Carries a negative implication towards the person doing the deceiving.
Politicians often hoodwink the public with false promises.
Pro Tip 3/3Involves surprise
The deception is usually unexpected, leaving the deceived feeling betrayed.
I felt hoodwinked when I discovered the 'genuine' painting was a fake.
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Let's pool our medical...
and forced medical experimentation it's the idea that agreement to join a study without understanding isn't agreement it's something that protects us from harm from hucksters from people that would try to hoodwink us into a clinical study that we don't understand or that we don't agree to and so you put
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John Wilbanks: Let's...
that agreement to join a study without understanding isn't agreement. It's something that protects us from harm, from hucksters, from people that would try to hoodwink us into a clinical study that we don't understand, or that we don't agree to.
Video examples
Let's pool our medical...
and forced medical experimentation it's the idea that agreement to join a study without understanding isn't agreement it's something that protects us from harm from hucksters from people that would try to hoodwink us into a clinical study that we don't understand or that we don't agree to and so you put
Video examples
John Wilbanks: Let's...
that agreement to join a study without understanding isn't agreement. It's something that protects us from harm, from hucksters, from people that would try to hoodwink us into a clinical study that we don't understand, or that we don't agree to.
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Quote examples
Peter Morgan
British Writer
I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink.
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Daniel H. Pink
American Author
Most of what we know about sales comes from a world of information asymmetry, where for a very long time sellers had more information than buyers. That meant sellers could hoodwink buyers, especially if buyers did not have a lot of choices or a way to talk back.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
The history of palaeontology is littered with examples of famous frauds and fakes, often with eminent researchers in the field being thoroughly hoodwinked by some fairly shoddy fabrications.
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Reese Witherspoon
American Actress
It's fun to do a comedy and hook people in and then hoodwink them into watching a serious movie. I like to lead in with the comedy and then hit them over the head with a drama.
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Matt Dillon
American Actor
I sometimes think love is God's way of hoodwinking people into having kids. You fall in love, and all that passion goes into procreating and wanting children.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
English Composer
You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
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Ben Miller
English Comedian
I don't think you get a lot of comedians who are homeopaths. Comedy is essentially about not being hoodwinked.
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Jarvis Cocker
English Musician
It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.
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Peter Morgan
British Writer
I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink.
Quote examples
Daniel H. Pink
American Author
Most of what we know about sales comes from a world of information asymmetry, where for a very long time sellers had more information than buyers. That meant sellers could hoodwink buyers, especially if buyers did not have a lot of choices or a way to talk back.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
The history of palaeontology is littered with examples of famous frauds and fakes, often with eminent researchers in the field being thoroughly hoodwinked by some fairly shoddy fabrications.
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Reese Witherspoon
American Actress
It's fun to do a comedy and hook people in and then hoodwink them into watching a serious movie. I like to lead in with the comedy and then hit them over the head with a drama.
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Matt Dillon
American Actor
I sometimes think love is God's way of hoodwinking people into having kids. You fall in love, and all that passion goes into procreating and wanting children.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
English Composer
You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
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Ben Miller
English Comedian
I don't think you get a lot of comedians who are homeopaths. Comedy is essentially about not being hoodwinked.
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Jarvis Cocker
English Musician
It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.
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