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• v  make a fool or dupe of
• v  fool or hoax

• The action concerns the usual city fellers who atempt to befool the honest but apparently boobish guardian of the two girl orphans and their fortune.

• fool
• gull
• dupe
• slang
• cod
• put on
• take in
• put one over
• put one across

Quotes

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• Lalu Prasad in Hindustan Times
  The show of differences between BJP and JD-U is nothing more than a stunt in view of polls. It is a mock fight to befool minorities,Prasad said in an interview as the ruling coalition partners appeared to be fighting following Kumar's snub to...
• Nitish Kumar in Press Trust of India
  Patna, Jun 13 (PTI) The CPI(ML) Liberation today hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying he was "trying to befool" people of the state and the minority community, in particular, by venting his protest against publication of a...
• Rajnath Singh in Expressindia.com
  Reacting to AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi touring the country to educate voters about advantages of nuclear energy, Singh said "the Congress cannot befool voters by spreading falsehood on nuclear issue."