History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
bamboozle

the cheat; trick (a person)

fool; cheat

circumvent

to find a way to get round (a law, rule etc)

fool, mislead

deceive

to cause (a person) to believe something that is false

mislead; be dishonest

elude

to escape (capture) by (a person) (especially by deceiving)

avoid; escape

gips

lie and deceive

deceive, swindle

hoodwink

to deceive or trick (a person)

deceive

mislead

to cause (a person) to have the wrong idea or opinion or, to act incorrectly

give someone the wrong idea, information

play-off

(of teams, players etc with equal scores) to play a deciding match

stop, hinder

rook

a kind of large black bird like a crow; castle; to get money from (a person) by cheating or by charging a ridiculously high price

trick

shun

to avoid (the usual word)

avoid, ignore

thwart

to oppose or prevent (something) successfully

stop, hinder

BILK as in Wiktionary
BILK as in Wikipedia