Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bamboozle

Bamboozle (bam*bo"z'l) , transitive verb

[Said to be of Gipsy origin.]

To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloquial] — Addison
What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? — J. H. Newman