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hoax
UK
/həʊks/
US
/hoʊks/
Translations
hoaxes
pl
UK
/həʊks/
US
/hoʊks/
The announcement of the alien invasion was a hoax.
Объявление о вторжении инопланетян было розыгрышем.
The email turned out to be a hoax.
Электронное письмо оказалось обманом.
The story about the haunted house was just a hoax.
История о доме с привидениями была просто мистификацией.
Additional translations
hoaxed
Past Simple
hoaxed
Past Participle
hoaxing
Gerund
UK
/həʊks/
US
/hoʊks/
He tried to hoax the public with a fake news story.
Он пытался обманывать общественность с помощью фальшивой новости.
They decided to hoax their friend by pretending to be someone else on the phone.
Они решили разыгрывать своего друга, притворяясь кем-то другим по телефону.
Additional translations
Used attributively before a noun to denote that something is fraudulent or deceptive.
Definitions
The news of the alien invasion turned out to be a hoax.
The students played a hoax on their teacher by pretending there was a fire drill.
The pranksters hoaxed the entire town into thinking there was a UFO sighting.
Several employees received a hoax email requesting their login credentials.