Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} (?);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Bamboozling} (?).] [Said to be of Gipsy
   origin.]
   To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to
   hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.

         What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
                                                  Newman.

Source : WordNet®

bamboozle
     v : 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" [syn: {snow}, {hoodwink}, {pull the wool
         over someone's eyes}, {lead by the nose}, {play false}]