To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug
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"
To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them. He bamboozled Mercer into defeat He was bamboozled by con men. = dupe. to deceive, trick, or confuse someone