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hoaxnoun an imitation that is passed off as genuinethe skeleton of the purported ancient hominid turned out to be a hoax counterfeit, fake, forgery, humbug, phony(also phoney), sham copycat, knockoffcopy, facsimile, replica, reproductiondummy, mock-upfraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindlesimulation, syntheticbastard, brummagem, duffer, shoddy original hoaxverbto cause to believe what is untruea skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on(chiefly British), hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick kid, put on, teasebleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, fleece, flimflam, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle do a number on, lead one down the garden path(also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes undeceive debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmaskdisclose, divulge, tell, unveildisabuse, disenchant, disillusion ca. 1796 |