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"(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone."
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "beschwindeln"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "dupigar"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "mistificare"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
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"word": "whakapōkaikaha"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lograr"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "ludibriar"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "păcăli"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "înșela"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "escroca"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"word": "обма́нывать"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "engañar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lura"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "förleda"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "dupera"
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"text": "He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.",
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"ref": "1951 February, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "enredar"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "napálit"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "poplést"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "obalamutit"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "doběhnout"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "ošidit"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "bedriegen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "misleiden"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "huijata"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "embrouiller"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "moquer"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "enfumer"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "beschwindeln"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "tricksen"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "dupigar"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "mistificare"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "и́змами"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "ízigra",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "и́зигра"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "whakapōhēhē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "whakapōkaikaha"
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"tags": [
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"word": "wykiwać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lograr"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "ludibriar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "păcăli"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "înșela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "escroca"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "engañar"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "lura"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "förleda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "dupera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con, defraud, trick",
"word": "bedra"
}
],
"word": "bamboozle"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"IPA for English using .ˈ or .ˌ"
],
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"2": "bam",
"3": "",
"4": "to trick, to con"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bam"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "embobiner"
},
"expansion": "French embobiner",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "bamboozles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bamboozle (plural bamboozles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
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"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
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"A cheat, hoax, or imposition."
],
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"cheat",
"cheat"
],
[
"hoax",
"hoax"
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[
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"(obsolete, informal) A cheat, hoax, or imposition."
],
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"ipa": "/bæm.ˈbuː.zl̩/"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bamboozle.wav",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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}
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