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- verb Present participle of
hoodwink .
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Examples
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This is just another blatant attempt in hoodwinking the female vote.
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In a world of Google Earth and instant communication, such hoodwinking is impossible.
Reader reviews of The Land That Never Was by David Sinclair. 2004
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Anyway, he almost did succeed in hoodwinking the police, and would have done so entirely but for Lady Molly's strange intuition in the matter.
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At some point, though, he finally realizes that the drugs are "hoodwinking" him.
Dr. Daniel Seidman: Uncontrolled Substances Dr. Daniel Seidman 2011
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At some point, though, he finally realizes that the drugs are "hoodwinking" him.
Dr. Daniel Seidman: Uncontrolled Substances Dr. Daniel Seidman 2011
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And why do you say that it is a "hoodwinking" to give away the keys to the fort?
Ma-Lien-Wang Threesome Michael Turton 2007
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An angry Ontario Consumer Minister Jim Watson, meanwhile, said Jetsgo's bosses should be arrested and charged for "hoodwinking" an unsuspecting flying public.
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The Liberal Democrats have accused Mr Straw of "hoodwinking" the British public and misleading Parliament.
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The Ripper has been accused of "hoodwinking" psychiatrists into believing that voices from God had ordered him to kill prostitutes.
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The Liberal Democrats have accused Mr Straw of "hoodwinking" the British public and misleading Parliament.
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