<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club.</li><li>to perplex; mystify; confound.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>fool</li><li>mislead</li><li>delude</li><li>rook</li><li>gull</li><li>hoax</li><li>flimflam</li><li>defraud</li><li>swindle</li><li>cheat</li><li>trick</li><li>dupe</li><li>gyp</li></ul>