hoaxing
present participle ofhoax
hoax
verb[T]
uk/həʊks/us/hoʊks/todeceive,especiallybyplayingatrickon someone
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- bluff
- fiddle
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- put one over onsomeoneidiom
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
- snooker
Examplesofhoaxing
hoaxing
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Hoaxingmust not be exaggerated, but it is nevertheless a real problem.
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The powers have been used in respect of two juveniles, detained onhoaxingcharges and released on bail pending trial.
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Many suggested this tactic was just more proof that dyer washoaxingagain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mythologizing process included exaggeration, faulty memory, folklore and deliberatehoaxing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Skeptics are also likely to critically examine abduction claims for evidence ofhoaxingor influence from popular culture sources such as science fiction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hoaxingseems to explain some of these contactees claims, but visionary dreams, hallucinations, and other mental processes are clearly implicated in such myth-based material.
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