bamboozle Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
lead by the nose; play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes.
- He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Said to be of Gipsy origin.

imperfect & past participle Bamboozled (); present participle & verbal noun Bamboozling ()

To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. Colloq. Addison.
What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? J. H. Newman.