bamboozle

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
2. (informal, transitive) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

Noun

A cheat, hoax, or imposition.

Concepten

bedotten

bedriegen

frauderen

knoeien

misleiden

oplichten

zwendelen

bezwendelen

Synoniemen

hoodwink

deceive

trick

cheat

swindle

dupe

hoax

bilk

defraud

fool

con

gull

snow

❄️

gyp

bluff

rook

play false

lead by the nose

finagle

double-cross

chisel

circumvent

delude

diddle

fleece

gouge

juggle

outsmart

pull the wool over someone’s eyes

spoof

welch

double cross

entangle

enmesh

have on

beguile

hocus

do

humbug

impose

inveigle

jockey

hornswoggle

cozen

mislead

mulct

play tricks

outwit

cod

trick someone

chouse

screw

sham

shark

🦈

shave

shortchange

short-change

bunco

flim-flam

sting

bite

take in

throw

betray

victimize

swiftboat

whipsaw

exploit

fiddle

euchre

bluff out

err

gip

goldbrick

Vertalingen

beschwindeln

embrouiller

engañar

moquer

truffare

confondere

غش

ingannare

betrügen

embaucar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bæm.ˈbuː.zl̩/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Frans: embobiner

In summary

Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner.