Crossword puzzle clue "hornswoggled"

BAMBOOZLE, to deceive by underhanded methods; to frustrate

CONNE, (Spenser) to know, also CON, KON

DUPE, to deceive

of horses, to urge on, also JEE

(Scots) to hold

HOSE, to spray with water

MULCT, to take money from, by taxation or by trickery