Word: hoodwinked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stock (last week's price: $110) so that the present $9 dividend would not draw political fire, President Gifford put down his foot. A split would merely reduce the rate, not the amount actually received by stockholders. "The company," said Mr. Gifford suavely, "should not try to hoodwink the public...
...certain date, which falls on this coming Saturday. He had planned to set it aside as Official Vagabond Day: insignia and epaulets were to be worn, and the occasion was to be formal. However, it seems that there were nefarious plans afoot to hoodwink him. Now you can't hoodwink a Vagabond: he doesn't care for that sort of thing. Such scoundrelly caballas he refuses to tolerate...