hoax
恶作剧
definition
verb
I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax I was hoaxed myself.
deceive with a hoax.
noun
they recognized the plan as a hoax
a humorous or malicious deception.
translation of 'hoax'
verb
哄骗
noun
骗术,
恶作剧
example
A 'hoax' bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day.
he was accused of making 'hoax' calls
I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to 'hoax' me.
they recognized the plan as a 'hoax'
a 'hoax' 999 call
A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate 'hoax' by Irish pranksters.
As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate 'hoax' .
It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a 'hoax' emergency call to colleagues.
The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the 'hoax' call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly.
the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate 'hoax'
These 'hoax' messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people.
But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious 'hoax' call.
To be more precise, it began with a 'hoax' newspaper story in Chicago.
A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate 'hoax' .
Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate 'hoax' with a master hidden inside making the moves.
Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and 'hoaxes' delivered by e-mail.
Agent Bald, let's talk about the phone calls that the suspects say they made that were treated as 'hoaxes' or jokes and nobody paid attention.
When it came to 'hoaxing' the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself.
It took a few hours, and the worldwide dissemination of the story, before the they realized it had been 'hoaxed' .
Apart from the links, there is sound advice on using the net for genealogy, including tips about how to spot scams and 'hoaxes' .
Other 'hoaxers' have used hot air balloons powered by candles to simulate UFOs.
In future more 'hoaxers' will find themselves in court or else having their mobiles and land-lines disconnected as a punishment for wasting police time.
I wonder how many 'hoaxes' and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak?
A few years ago, of course, Frances, one of the girls, admitted that they had 'hoaxed' everybody.
Whether malicious or good willed, what all 'hoaxes' seem to have in common is an element of gaining power over somebody.
In fact, in 1999 he published a revised edition of the book which argued that not only was her work unreliable due to bad research, but that the poor woman had actually been 'hoaxed' by a number of the islanders she spent time with.
Then he turned to 'hoaxing' the gullible, those who wanted to believe in ‘miracle cures’.
It's just too cruel, they say - like 'hoaxing' someone into believing they've won the lottery.
As a rule I don't do anything about pleas such as this because I have been 'hoaxed' in the past, but in this case I made an exception and forwarded the email to my address book list.
He spoke on pranks, frauds, and 'hoaxes' from around the world.
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