hoodwink
verb- hoodwink somebody (into doing something)
to trick somebody 欺诈,欺骗(某人) She had been hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace. 她受骗买了条一文不值的项链。 I feel as if I’ve been hoodwinked. 感觉自己好像被忽悠了。 Staff felt as if they had been hoodwinked when they discovered the new management’s plans. 当员工们发现新管理层的计划时,他们觉得好像被蒙骗了。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood ‘covering’ + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’.