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"Trick or deceive"2 answers
gull4 lettershoodwink8 letters
Filled answer is this word (HOODWINK).
Definitions
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Word origin
The verb is derived from hood (“head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak”) + wink (“to close one’s eyes”). (< C16 'to blindfold').
Used in a sentence
“[T]o have to do with you, is to have to do with a man of business who is not to be hoodwinked.”
“The earth is given over into the hand of the Wicked One, / Who hoodwinketh the faces of its judges. / If this be not so, where, who is HE?”
“Ex-King Constantine would be regarded as an apt disciple so long as he succeeded in his purpose of hoodwinking the Allies.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Trick or deceive”8 letters
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