vt. 欺骗, 迷惑

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

Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Bamboozled} (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bamboozling} (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy
origin.]
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.