verb
- past tense of cod; to trick or fool someone
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- He codded his friends into believing he had won the lottery.
- She felt embarrassed after being codded by the fake news story.
- The children were easily codded by his magic trick.
- Don’t let yourself be codded by such obvious lies.
- They codded the tourists with inflated prices.
- He realized he had been codded when the truth came out.