hoax

noun

1. something intended to deceive
deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Synonym: fraudfraudulenceduperyhumbugput-on

verb

1. subject to a playful hoax or joke

Synonym: pull someone's legplay a joke on

1. 恶作剧;假警报;骗局
A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not.

e.g. A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre...
一系列炸弹假警报扰乱了市中心的圣诞节购物活动。
e.g. He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。

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