HOODWINKS Synonyms

• influence by slyness

• attract; cause to be enamored

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• deprive of by deceit

• be false to; be dishonest with

• a person who is tricked or swindled

• fool or hoax

• provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

• make a fool or dupe of

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• fool or hoax

• indulge in horseplay

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• subject to a playful hoax or joke

• the act of coercing someone into government service

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• impress positively

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• reproduce by printing

• take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

• dye (fabric) before it is spun

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• give bad advice to

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• give false or misleading information to

• a fraudulent business scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• induce to have sex

• lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• a cunning or deceitful action or device

• a period of work or duty

• an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• a prostitute's customer

• (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

• deceive somebody

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• influence by slyness

• attract; cause to be enamored