bamboozle vs hoax

bamboozle

verb
  • To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone. 

  • To confuse, frustrate or perplex. 

hoax

verb
  • To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. 

noun
  • Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. 

How often have the words bamboozle and hoax occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )