bamboozle
Verb
- conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”
- Synonyms
- snow
- hoodwink
- pull the wool over someone's eyes
- lead by the nose
- play false
- Less specific
- deceive
- betray
- lead astray