HOODWINK

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The con artist tried to hoodwink elderly residents by posing as a charity worker, but alert neighbors caught on to the scheme and alerted authorities.

(verb) To deceive or trick someone, often by concealing the truth or misleading them. It implies a clever or cunning form of deception.

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