verb
- to deceive or trick someone
Usage: informal; past participle of hornswoggle
Examples
- I was completely hornswoggled by that fake investment scheme.
- The tourists were hornswoggled into paying triple the normal price.
- Don’t let yourself get hornswoggled by smooth-talking salespeople.
- She felt hornswoggled when she discovered the antique was a reproduction.
- The con artist hornswoggled dozens of elderly victims.
- We were hornswoggled into believing the product would work miracles.