bamboozled
past simple and past participle of
bamboozle
Meaning of bamboozled in English
Examples of bamboozled
bamboozled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Instead, our people have been bamboozled into believing that a mirage is nearer, more attainable and more desirable.
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Is there not a serious danger of the public being bamboozled?
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Any number of us have knowledge of how inspectors can be bamboozled.
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The investor has not been pressurised or bamboozled into the investment.
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But we really must not be bamboozled any more.
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I do not think they will be bamboozled from fear or anything else into weakening our military strength.
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The public have been confused, bamboozled and cheated by so-called advisers whose main interest was earning fat commissions rather than selling good-value products.
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It did not say "led astray"; it said "bamboozled".
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He has claimed that they are bamboozled now that there are glittering prizes.
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They would want to view it from their own perspective; they would not want to be bamboozled by glitz and media presentation.
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There is a strange division between those who, faced with that revolution, champ at the bit and those who remain completely bamboozled.
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We were not bamboozled into them by any one set of people.
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They are fraudulent, they mislead, and they have bamboozled the electorate; but they will do so no more.
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The public is bamboozled by the wording of the guarantee into thinking that it does not have redress, when in law it does.
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There is a basic nous in people that tells them when they are being bamboozled by even the most impressive of politicians.
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