Definition of hocus in English:
hocus
verbhocusses, hocuses, hocused, hocussed, hocusing, hocussing ˈhəʊkəsˈhoʊkəs
[with object]archaic 1Deceive (someone)
欺骗（人）
these people have been hocussed and cheated by the government
Example sentencesExamples
- This applies particularly to commercial albumin, especially egg, which is hocused to a great extent by the unscrupulous.
- These surfers have hocused the Feds for long enough.
- I think you were hocused by the telephoto lens that was apparantly used to take the photograph you are referring to.
2Stupefy (someone) with drugs, typically for a criminal purpose.
（尤指为犯罪目的）使（人）麻醉
he was hocussed at supper and lost £800
Example sentencesExamples
- But I was one night suspected of hocussing and robbing a sailor, and - though if I was on my death-bed I could swear that I never had any hand in the affair at all - I was so blown upon that I was forced to shift my quarters.
Origin
Late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus 'trickery', from hocus-pocus.
Rhymes
Archilochus, Cocos, crocus, focus, hocus-pocus, locus