[f. as prec. + -MENT.] The action or process of bamboozling; tricky deception or mystification.

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1855.  Scot. Rev., 188. Washington Irving … exercises … his rare powers of bamboozlement and laughter-stirring.

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1865.  Morn. Star, 19 June. Attempting our bamboozlement when the facts are patent to everybody.

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