bamboozle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bæmˈbuː.zl̩/
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• General-American: /bæmˈbu.zl̩/
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Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: баламосвам (balamosvam) — to con, defraud, trick
• Catalan: enredar — to con, defraud, trick
• Catalan: engalipar — to con, defraud, trick
• Czech: napálit — to con, defraud, trick
• Czech: poplést — to con, defraud, trick
• Czech: obalamutit — to con, defraud, trick
• Czech: doběhnout — to con, defraud, trick
• Czech: ošidit — to con, defraud, trick
• Dutch: bedriegen — to con, defraud, trick
• Dutch: misleiden — to con, defraud, trick
• Finnish: huijata — to con, defraud, trick
• French: embrouiller — to con, defraud, trick
• French: moquer — to con, defraud, trick
• French: enfumer — to con, defraud, trick
• German: beschwindeln — to con, defraud, trick
• German: tricksen — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: félrevezet — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: becsap — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: rászed — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: felültet — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: lóvá tesz — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: átver — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: átvág — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: átráz — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: átejt — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: bepaliz — to con, defraud, trick
• Hungarian: szédít — to con, defraud, trick
• Ido: dupigar — to con, defraud, trick
• Italian: mistificare — to con, defraud, trick
• Macedonian: и́змами (ízmami) — to con, defraud, trick
• Macedonian: и́зигра (ízigra) — to con, defraud, trick
• Māori: whakapōhēhē — to con, defraud, trick
• Māori: whakapōkaikaha — to con, defraud, trick
• Norwegian: lure, snyte — to con, defraud, trick
• Polish: napuszczać — to con, defraud, trick
• Polish: napuścić — to con, defraud, trick
• Polish: wrabiać — to con, defraud, trick
• Polish: wrobić — to con, defraud, trick
• Polish: wykiwać — to con, defraud, trick
• Polish: robić w bambuko — to con, defraud, trick
• Portuguese: lograr — to con, defraud, trick
• Portuguese: ludibriar — to con, defraud, trick
• Romanian: păcăli — to con, defraud, trick
• Romanian: înșela — to con, defraud, trick
• Romanian: escroca — to con, defraud, trick
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — to con, defraud, trick
• Spanish: engañar — to con, defraud, trick
• Spanish: timar — to con, defraud, trick
• Spanish: embabucar — to con, defraud, trick
• Spanish: mecer — to con, defraud, trick
• Spanish: embaucar — to con, defraud, trick
• Swedish: lura — to con, defraud, trick
• Swedish: förleda — to con, defraud, trick
• Swedish: dupera — to con, defraud, trick
• Swedish: bedra — to con, defraud, trick