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hoax

1 of 2

verb

hoaxed; hoaxing; hoaxes

transitive verb

: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
were hoaxed by the website
hoaxer noun

hoax

2 of 2

noun

1
: an act intended to trick or dupe : imposture
the victim of a cruel hoax
assumed the bomb threat was just a hoax
2
: something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication
believes the Loch Ness Monster is a hoax
a literary hoax

Example Sentences

Verb a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers Noun The bomb threat is probably a hoax, but we should still evacuate the building. She was the victim of a cruel hoax.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
After trying to hoax journalists with Project Veritas, Loomer moved to direct confrontations with public figures in recent years, disrupting interviews and news conferences. Terry Spencer, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2020 After trying to hoax journalists with Project Veritas, Loomer moved to direct confrontations with public figures in recent years, disrupting interviews and news conferences. Terry Spencer, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2020 False news articles were deliberately spread across our feeds to hoax us. Joanna Stern, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2018 The effort, dubbed #ThinkBeforeYouPost, reminds would-be pranksters that hoax threats are not a joke and could result in federal or state charges. Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 June 2018
Noun
Elsewhere Tuesday morning, there was an enhanced police presence in the area of Kendrick Middle School in Clayton after a 911 call was made reporting a shooting that turned out to be a hoax. John Spink, ajc, 13 Sep. 2022 Jones faces several accusations related to his false claims that the shooting was a hoax, including of defamation in Texas and Connecticut. Daniella Silva, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2022 Jones has falsely claimed that the nation’s deadliest school shooting – which killed 20 students and six educators – was a hoax. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 Jones has falsely claimed that the nation's deadliest school shooting — which killed 20 students and six educators — was a hoax. CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 But none of us imagined someone would repeatedly claim the tragedy was a hoax, staged by actors as part of a government plot to confiscate Americans’ firearms. Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 Jones' attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the price tag a Texas jury put on his false claim that the nation’s deadliest school shooting — which killed 20 students and six teachers — was a hoax. Jake Bleiberg, Chron, 11 Aug. 2022 Jones’ attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the price tag a Texas jury put on his false claim that the nation’s deadliest school shooting — which killed 20 students and six teachers — was a hoax. Jake Bleiberg, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022 Authorities learned the bomb threat was a hoax and investigated the arsenal of weapons. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

probably contraction of hocus

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1796, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hoax was circa 1796

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