befools

Actually he befools himself and his party's followers.

Fake Independence and the Mercurial Stance of Undivided Communist Party: CPM’s Hotchpotch View on Semi Colony and Neo colony Abhay N 2007

His temporary success would be astonishing were it not almost always the case that the craft of an old civilization at first befools the inexperience of more youthful, more rugged, and more trusting nations.

Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm Daniel A. Goodsell

"It is the office of a courtier, Eccellentissimo; it befools a scholar," the Historical Secretary exclaimed with indignation.

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

As for the scene in which Iphigenia befools Thoas, my moral feelings may be obtuse, but I certainly cannot feel the slightest compunction or shock at the heavy lying.

The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides 480? BC-406 BC Euripides 1911

"If Turkey befools Europe at Dulcigno, we may as well shut up shop altogether."

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907

You will marry her, you say -- a promise to keep her quiet while you make love to this fine lady who befools you.

Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Max Pemberton 1906

It's labelled salt, and so it's used as salt, but it befools you.

Quiet Talks on Following the Christ 1897

How far the selfish politician befools his constituents into believing that their interests are identical with his own; how far he presumes upon their inability to distinguish between the individual and social virtues, an inability which he himself shares with them; and how far he dazzles them by the sense of his greatness, and a conviction that they participate therein, it is difficult to determine.

Democracy and Social Ethics Jane Addams 1897

It is a sham -- this oratory -- but it befools the city.

David Lockwin—The People's Idol John McGovern 1883

That is what sin does for us; it takes away our true treasure, and befools us by giving us what seems to be solid till we come to open the bag; and then there is no power in it to buy anything for us.

Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Alexander Maclaren 1868