hoax
engano
definition
verb
I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax I was hoaxed myself.
deceive with a hoax.
noun
they recognized the plan as a hoax
a humorous or malicious deception.
translation of 'hoax'
verb
mistificar,
pregar uma peça
noun
logro,
embuste,
brincadeira,
peça,
trote,
dolo,
engano
example
To be more precise, it began with a 'hoax' newspaper story in Chicago.
I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to 'hoax' me.
A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate 'hoax' .
The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the 'hoax' call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly.
As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate 'hoax' .
Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate 'hoax' with a master hidden inside making the moves.
These 'hoax' messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people.
A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate 'hoax' by Irish pranksters.
It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a 'hoax' emergency call to colleagues.
A 'hoax' bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day.
the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate 'hoax'
he was accused of making 'hoax' calls
But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious 'hoax' call.
they recognized the plan as a 'hoax'
a 'hoax' 999 call
It's not beyond people to conduct elaborate online 'hoaxes' for any number of reasons that all really boil down to a means of getting attention.
There were histories of strange animals, most of which had since been identified and in a few cases turned out to be outright 'hoaxes' or jokes.
It's just too cruel, they say - like 'hoaxing' someone into believing they've won the lottery.
Then he turned to 'hoaxing' the gullible, those who wanted to believe in ‘miracle cures’.
They organised elaborate 'hoaxes' like the bestowing of imaginary honours, which he appears to have accepted with due solemnity.
In fact, in 1999 he published a revised edition of the book which argued that not only was her work unreliable due to bad research, but that the poor woman had actually been 'hoaxed' by a number of the islanders she spent time with.
When I ask if he has ever run into any of the celebrities he has 'hoaxed' , his initial response is to deconstruct the question.
The image rotation and the dark gray line that cuts across both images and plain black background are a clear indication of tampering, an obvious clue left by the 'hoaxer' as a hint that there is something wrong with the overall image.
The Home Office confirmed extra measures could be added to the Emergency Anti-Terrorism Bill to increase penalties for 'hoaxers' .
These people are cheats, fraudsters, charlatans and 'hoaxers' .
It took a few hours, and the worldwide dissemination of the story, before the they realized it had been 'hoaxed' .
When it came to 'hoaxing' the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself.
The newspaper later confirmed that it had been 'hoaxed' and printed a front-page apology, with a pledge to donate money to charity.
He spoke on pranks, frauds, and 'hoaxes' from around the world.
James also investigated the case and found that Tina was 'hoaxing' her adoptive parents and using the media attention to assist her quest to find her biological parents.
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