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hornswoggle

verbCommon GRE wordMore H words

to cheat or dupe someone through bold trickery

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Hornswoggle in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing hornswoggle in a sentence.

The con artist tried to hornswoggle the tourists with a rigged shell game.

Synonyms
swindlebamboozledupe
Antonyms

None listed.

Common questions

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Hornswoggle (verb) means to cheat or dupe someone through bold trickery
Here is hornswoggle used in an example sentence: "The con artist tried to hornswoggle the tourists with a rigged shell game."
Common synonyms for hornswoggle include swindle, bamboozle, dupe.
Hornswoggle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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