hoax

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

Noun

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Concepts

canular

mystifier

mystification

intox

supercherie

farce

canard

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fourberie

berner

escroquerie

duperie

fausse nouvelle

fausseté

fumisterie

fausse information

fallace

astuce

bobard de la presse

duper

fourbe

fraude

mauvaise plaisanterie

ruse

tracasserie

tricherie

tromper

tromperie

attrape

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Synonymes

trick

fool

cheat

deception

swindle

deceive

dupe

humbug

hoodwink

bamboozle

spoof

mystify

imposture

con

bluff

sham

fraud

deceit

gyp

bilk

cheating

defraud

put-on

fake

dupery

take in

delusion

trickery

canard

stratagem

scam

screw

fraudulence

rook

swindler

mystification

fleece

mare’s nest

chisel

fib

joke

🤣

jest

kidding

outwit

cheater

forgery

imitation

do

gouge

gammon

Traductions

bedotten

beduvelen

beetnemen

imbroglio

frode

απάτη

bulo

Schabernack

truffa

mistificación

ludibriar

Streich

Ente

🦆

truffare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/həʊks/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).
Compare hokey.