I've been bamboozled; this sandwich contains the lettuce, ham, and mustard, all right, but the tomatoes are nowehre to be found! This is the last time I ever trade lunches with Brock...
I told my wife not to go car shoppingwithout me but she didn't listen. As a result, the salesman bamboozled her into buying a car she doesn't need and can't afford.
1. to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club.
2. to perplex; mystify.
–verb (used without object)
3. to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like.
He told me he was going to the club, thats the only reason I went, only to find out that I've been bamboozled!