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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bamboozled (?);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling (?).] [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bamboozle
       v : conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately
           feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He
           bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the
           subject well" [syn: snow, hoodwink, pull the wool
           over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 πείθω κάποιον να κάνει κάτι αρνητικό που θέλω, εξαπατώ με τον λόγο,
  παγιδεύω με λεκτικά τεχνάσματα
     2 απατώ, παγιδεύω, εκμεταλλεύομαι
     3 μπερδεύω-αποπροσανατολίζω κάποιον με σύνθετο λόγο χωρίς ουσία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     n.
     (lb en obsolete informal) A cheat, hoax(,) or imposition.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool
  of, to humbug or impose on someone.
     2 (lb en transitive informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     n.
     (lb en obsolete informal) A cheat, hoax(,) or imposition.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool
  of, to humbug or impose on someone.
     2 (lb en transitive informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     n.
     (lb en obsolete informal) A cheat, hoax(,) or imposition.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool
  of, to humbug or impose on someone.
     2 (lb en transitive informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     n.
     (lb en obsolete informal) A cheat, hoax(,) or imposition.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool
  of, to humbug or impose on someone.
     2 (lb en transitive informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     Englanti n.
     huijaus, huijaaminen
     Englanti vb.
     huijata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bamboozle
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg vardagligt språk=en) lura, förleda, dupera, bedra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Bamboozle /bambˈuːzəl/
  اخدع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  bamboozle //bæm.ˈbuː.zl̩// 
  баламосвам
  to con, defraud, trick

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bamboozle /bambˈuːzəl/ 
  zmást

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bamboozle /bambˈuːzəl/
  fauler Trick , Schwindel  [aufgelegter] , Gaunerei , Bauernfängerei , Rosstäuschertrick  [selten]
     Synonyms: confidence trick, confidence scheme, confidence game, con game, con, bunco game, bunco, flimflam, gaffle, grift, hustle
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bamboozle /bambˈuːzəl/ 
  verblüffen 
   see: bamboozling, bamboozled
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bamboozle //bæm.ˈbuː.zl̩// 
  huijata
  to con, defraud, trick

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  bamboozle /bambˈuːzəl/
  prevariti, zbuniti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  bamboozle /bæmˈbu:zəl/ 
    wpuszczać w maliny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  bamboozle //bæm.ˈbuː.zl̩// 
  bedra, dupera, förleda, lura
  to con, defraud, trick

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  bamboozle /bambˈuːzəl/
  1. (k.dili) aldatmak, dolandlrmak
  2. şaşırtmak.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "bamboozle":
     addle, amaze, baffle, beat, befool, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff,
     boggle, buffalo, cajole, cheat on, chicane, circumvent, confound,
     conjure, daze, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe,
     flimflam, floor, fool, forestall, fuddle, gammon, get, get around,
     gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle,
     keep in suspense, let down, lick, maze, mock, muddle, mystify,
     nonplus, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach,
     perplex, pigeon, play one false, put something over, puzzle, snow,
     stick, string along, stump, swindle, take in, throw, trick,
     two-time
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v.欺骗,隐瞒

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 欺骗,迷惑

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