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Bamboozle means to trick, deceive, fool, or confuse someone, often through a clever scheme or misleading behavior.

Examples:

“The salesman bamboozled me into buying something I didn't need.”

“Don't let Russians bamboozle you with fake news.”

“We were completely bamboozled by that old geezer.”

"The president bamboozles some of the people all the time."

It often carries a sense of being cleverly fooled or taken advantage of; you know, as in to be bent over and used (but the person fooled does not see it yet).

The word appeared in English slang around 1700, with written records dating to the late 17th or early 18th century. Its precise origin remains unknown.

We know what bamboozle means and roughly when it entered English, but nobody has established its exact origin. Its amusing sound may help explain why it remains such a memorable word.