bamboozle

English

Etymology

18th century. Unknown.

Verb

bamboozle (third-person singular simple present bamboozles, present participle bamboozling, simple past and past participle bamboozled)

1. (informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

Translations

To con, defraud, trick

Bulgarian: баламосвам (bg) Czech: napálit (cs), poplést (cs), obalamutit (cs), doběhnout (cs), ošidit (cs)

French: embrouiller (fr), moquer (fr) German: beschwindeln (de), tricksen (de)