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hoax

 
 
/həʊks/ verb [T]

Definition

to deceive someone, especially by playing a trick on them: A fake website was set up and a number of people were hoaxed. → See also swindle
(Definition of hoax verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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