gudgeoned
/ˈɡʌdʒənd/
verb
- 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.