I would not suggest that they were bamboozling or attacking them, but bewildering them and antagonising them by subjecting them to a long list which they do not understand.
It is another case of manipulation; another case of bamboozling.
The study is a very good example of econometric bamboozling.
It is now generally accepted that the housewife—the consumer—is subjected to expensive brainwashing, bamboozling and deception.
They got back to power by bamboozling the people about their real intentions.
