hoax

Noun
  1. Something intended to deceive;
    Deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (synset 100755028)
    is a type of: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    subtypes: goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
    same as: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on
Verb
  1. Subject to a playful hoax or joke (synset 202583671)
    is a type of: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
    same as: play a joke on, pull someone's leg

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