Word of the Day: Bamboozle
bam-boo-zle / bamˈbo͞ozəl
verb
- to dupe or deceive through trickery
It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
- to confuse or throw off completely
To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom.
From ‘Cloud Atlas’ by David Mitchell, 1969-