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Verb
  1. Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end (synset 200840873)
    "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
    is a type of: betray, deceive, lead astray - cause someone to believe an untruth
    same as: bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow

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