hoax

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hoax (enc)

Noun	1.	hoax - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage dupery, put-on, fraud, fraudulence, humbug chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man - a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
Verb	1.	hoax - subject to a palyful hoax or joke play a joke on, pull someone's leg cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with

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