1. 迷惑；糊弄；欺骗
To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.

1. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

e.g. He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Synonym: snowhoodwinkpull the wool over someone's eyeslead by the noseplay false