n.
Function: verb
to delude by underhand methods FF1C; the public is easily duped by extravagant claims in advertising FF1E;
Synonyms: bamboozle, befool, catch, chicane, con, dust, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, job, kid, pigeon, ||rig, spoof, trick, victimize
Related Words: beguile, betray, deceive, delude, double-cross, mislead; cheat, cozen, defraud, overreach; baffle, circumvent, outwit
Idioms: pull one's leg, put something over ( or across)
Contrasted Words: enlighten, inform, wise (up)