na. | 1. try every trick to mislead the public; swagger and swindle; bluff and deceive; deceive and beguile; dupe the people and sell one's shoddy wares; excite [beguile] people; engage in demagogy; fool people; gull, hoax and bamboozle; impose upon people; try to bluff and deceive ...; swindle by false presence; swagger about to beguile people; swindle and bluff; swagger and deceive people; sail under false colours |