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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hoodwink/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/

▶verb deceive or trick.

– origin C16 (orig. meaning ‘to blindfold’): from hood1 + an obs. sense of wink ‘close the eyes’.

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