Intentionally confuse for a specific outcome. Sometimes comedic, sometimes malicious.
She was bamboozled about the actual events of the night.
to trick or cheat for fake internet points
Person 1: Did /u/lordtuts bamboozle you too?
Person 2: Yeah he bamboozled us all. We actually thought he'd tattoo his ass for fake internet points. We are easily bamboozled.
When somebody prank, cheat or makes a fool of another person; 'bamboozle' belongs to the lexical field of internet language; it is often used in a colloquial context, with the bamboozler referred to as a troll.
Hey! Use the metafunctions of "Field, tenor and mode" in your paper one to bamboozle the examiner!
to be kicked the shit out of.
Im going to bamboozle you ass!
Where you throw someone off and do the unexpected
(A video by @hazza_griff of cctv footage from a haunted house on 25/9/2023 perfectly exemplifies this)