bamboozle bamboozle /bæmˈbuːzl/

verb

1. Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end  ( bamboozle , hoodwink , lead by the nose , play false , pull the wool over someone's eyes , snow )
   conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
    He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
   He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well