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Word: hoodwink (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...prawn, to come the, v.: to delude or hoodwink a drongo or galah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Guide to Strine | 3/28/1983 | See Source »

...heart of the settlement process is a funds transfer form that looks like an airline ticket and consists of a top page titled "credit," a carbon page and a bottom page titled "debit." According to Cooley, Lewis defeated the bank's fraud defenses by using the tickets to hoodwink Wells Fargo's computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dropping By to Keep His Hand In | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

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