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bam•boo•zle



Pronunciation: (bam-bOO'zul), [key]
—v., -zled, -zling.

—v.t.
1. to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club.
2. to perplex; mystify.

—v.i.
to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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