as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence
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Recent Examples of hoodwink
Haider staged a fake murder in an apparent effort to hoodwink Abbas and his bosses.
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Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Many individuals and companies don’t report after they’ve been hoodwinked.
—Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
No doubt our ancestors found ingenious ways to hoodwink the enemy long before that.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Loading your audio article State authorities on Friday returned more than $60,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a Connecticut resident who was hoodwinked earlier this year in a phishing scam.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
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Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Many individuals and companies don’t report after they’ve been hoodwinked.
—Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
No doubt our ancestors found ingenious ways to hoodwink the enemy long before that.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Loading your audio article State authorities on Friday returned more than $60,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a Connecticut resident who was hoodwinked earlier this year in a phishing scam.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
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And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Jan. 2025
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.Piyush Ranjan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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However, others have questioned how she was so easily fooled.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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The attackers disguise themselves as fake Google Ads login pages to fool advertisers, who are then phished for their account credentials.Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Other options include a rooftop deck with staircase, and a wood-burning stove, though tricking it out like this will of course increase the price significantly.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
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This means being aware of the tactics used by attackers to trick you into installing such backdoor code in the first place.Davey Winder, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Hoodwink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoodwink. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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