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hoax

/ hoax /

verb/noun

verb Sense 1

subject to a palyful hoax or joke

Type of:

deceive lead on delude

Derived:

fraud fraudulence dupery humbug put-on

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

noun Sense 2

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Type of:

trickery chicanery chicane

Kinds of:

goldbrick Piltdown man Piltdown hoax

Derived:

gull dupe slang befool cod

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