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hoaxed

/həʊkst/

/hoʊkst/

hoaxverb

hoaxed

Past Simple

hoaxed

Past Simple

hoaxed

Past Participle

hoaxing

Gerund

/həʊks/

/hoʊks/

Translations

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.

He tried to hoax the public with a fake news story.

Он пытался обманывать общественность с помощью фальшивой новости.

Additional translations

Definitions

To deceive or trick someone into believing something false.

The pranksters hoaxed the entire town into thinking there was a UFO sighting.

Synonyms

hoaxnoun

Definitions

A humorous or malicious deception.

The news of the alien invasion turned out to be a hoax.

A trick or a practical joke.

The students played a hoax on their teacher by pretending there was a fire drill.

hoaxadjective

Definitions

Fraudulent; deceptive; relating to or constituting a hoax.

Several employees received a hoax email requesting their login credentials.