Today’s “Word of the Day” is hoodwink and it is a verb meaning “deceive, trick, cheat, mislead, misguide, defraud, swindle”.
Example Sentence: The biggest banking scam in India has come to the forefront in the midst of celebrations of ‘Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’; in this case, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) has hoodwinked a consortium of banks driven by the Union Bank of India to the tune of ₹35,000 crore through financial misrepresentation… On February 1, 2019, a consortium of banks had held a meeting to take cognisance of the serious allegations of loan repayment default against the DHFL.
This word is present in The Hindu article The scam faultline is damaging Indian banking and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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