gudgeoned

/ˈɡʌdʒənd/
verb
  1. Caught or trapped using a gudgeon (a type of small fish used as bait); by extension, tricked or deceived into a situation.
    • The old fisherman gudgeoned the pike with a lively minnow.
    • She felt she had been gudgeoned into signing the contract without reading the fine print.
    • The con artist gudgeoned tourists with a fake charity story.
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