| Definitions | | hoax |
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noun
- Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
Translations: - French: mystification(fr, canular, m}}, t+, fr)f
- German: Trick(de, Streich, m, {{t+, de)m
- Italian: frode(it)
verb (hoaxes, hoaxing, hoaxed)
- (transitive) To deceive (someone) with a hoax.
Translations: - French: canular , duperie
- German: anfí¼hren, hereinlegen
- Italian: frodare(it)
Etymology: Hoax is derived from hocus, from the Hoc est in 'Hoc est corpus meum' or 'Hocus pocus', meaning "This is my Body". Hoax then meaning: 'This is'.
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