hornswoggled (Meaning)
hornswoggled
to trick or deceive (someone)
Synonyms & Antonyms of hornswoggled
Synonyms:
- rooked
- diddled
- stuck
- led one down the garden path
- put on
- shortchanged
- had on
- faked out
- squeezed
- swindled
- fleeced
- led one up the garden path
- mulcted
- flimflammed
- defrauded
- did a number on
- pulled the wool over one's eyes
- euchred
- pulled one's leg
- chiselled
- hustled
- chiseled
- bled
- skinned
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
hornswoggled Sentence Examples
- The salesman hornswoggled the elderly couple into buying a useless insurance policy.
- The politician was hornswoggled by the opposition's false promises.
- The scammer hornswoggled the victim out of their life savings.
- The student hornswoggled his way into a higher grade by cheating.
- The company hornswoggled its customers by charging hidden fees.
- The lawyer hornswoggled the judge into believing his client was innocent.
- The con artist hornswoggled the audience with his slick sales pitch.
- The landlord hornswoggled the tenants by illegally raising the rent.
- The CEO hornswoggled the shareholders by manipulating the company's finances.
- The politician hornswoggled the electorate with empty rhetoric.
FAQs About the word hornswoggled
to trick or deceive (someone)
tricked, fooled, deceived, gaffed, deluded, caught, snowed, gammoned, cheated, stung
debunked, revealed, exposed, uncovered, showed up, unmasked, told,undeceived, disenchanted, divulged
The salesman hornswoggled the elderly couple into buying a useless insurance policy.
The politician was hornswoggled by the opposition's false promises.
The scammer hornswoggled the victim out of their life savings.
The student hornswoggled his way into a higher grade by cheating.
