"hoax" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /həʊks/ [UK], /hoʊks/ [US] Audio: en-uk-hoax.ogg [UK], en-us-hoax.ogg [US] Forms: hoaxes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊks Etymology: Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hocus}} hocus, {{m|en|hocus-pocus}} hocus-pocus, {{der|en|la|iocus||joke}} Latin iocus (“joke”), {{l|en|hokey}} hokey Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoax (plural hoaxes)
  1. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. Synonyms (deliberately false story or report): canard Derived forms (deliberately false story or report): hoaxical, Hoaxocaust, Holo-hoax Translations (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick): измама (izmama) [feminine] (Bulgarian), номер (nomer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), шега (šega) [feminine] (Bulgarian), engany [masculine] (Catalan), 騙局 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗局 (piànjú) (Chinese Mandarin), 惡作劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶作剧 (èzuòjù) (Chinese Mandarin), podvod [masculine] (Czech), mystifikace [feminine] (Czech), žert [masculine] (Czech), kachna [feminine] (Czech), blago (Esperanto), mistifiko (Esperanto), huijaus (Finnish), canular [masculine] (French), mystification [feminine] (French), intox [feminine] (French), conto [masculine] (Galician), trapallada [feminine] (Galician), andrómena [feminine] (Galician), algueiro [masculine] (Galician), alburgada [feminine] (Galician), enguedello [masculine] (Galician), grola [feminine] (Galician), pandullada [feminine] (Galician), padumada [feminine] (Galician), Streich [masculine] (German), Trick [masculine] (German), Schabernack [masculine] (German), Gag (German), Falschmeldung (German), Schwindel (German), Ulk (German), Ente (German), φάρσα (fársa) (Greek), átverés (Hungarian), beugratás (Hungarian), kacsa (Hungarian), tréfa (Hungarian), hoaks (Indonesian), dallamullóg [masculine] (Irish), frode [feminine] (Italian), inganno [masculine] (Italian), bufala [feminine] (Italian), ペテン (peten) (Japanese), 悪戯 (itazura) (alt: いたずら) (Japanese), でっち上げ (decchiage) (Japanese), səxʷʔiw̓adəb (Lushootseed), olokan (Malay), olok-olok (Malay), māminga (Maori), tinihanga (Maori), puss [neuter] (Norwegian), bedrag [neuter] (Norwegian), mistyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), szalbierstwo [dated, neuter] (Polish), fraude [feminine] (Portuguese), embuste [masculine] (Portuguese), embustice [feminine] (Portuguese), logro [masculine] (Portuguese), cioară vopsită (Romanian), ро́зыгрыш (rózygryš) [masculine] (Russian), трюк (trjuk) [masculine] (Russian), мистифика́ция (mistifikácija) [masculine] (Russian), обма́н (obmán) [masculine] (Russian), engaño [masculine] (Spanish), fraude [masculine] (Spanish), embuste [masculine] (Spanish), bulo [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), filfa [feminine] (Spanish), bluff [common-gender] (Swedish), talimangmang (Tagalog), cast [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hoax-en-noun-tc4o9hj3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Verb

IPA: /həʊks/ [UK], /hoʊks/ [US] Audio: en-uk-hoax.ogg [UK], en-us-hoax.ogg [US] Forms: hoaxes [present, singular, third-person], hoaxing [participle, present], hoaxed [participle, past], hoaxed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊks Etymology: Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hocus}} hocus, {{m|en|hocus-pocus}} hocus-pocus, {{der|en|la|iocus||joke}} Latin iocus (“joke”), {{l|en|hokey}} hokey Head templates: {{en-verb}} hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)
  1. (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. Tags: transitive Derived forms: climate hoax, hoaxer, hoaxster [rare] Translations (to deceive with a hoax): измамвам (izmamvam) (Bulgarian), 欺騙 (Chinese Mandarin), 欺骗 (qīpiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 作弄 (zuònòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 戲弄 (Chinese Mandarin), 戏弄 (xìnòng) (Chinese Mandarin), podvést (Czech), napálit (Czech), halda fyri gjøldur (Faroese), lumpa (Faroese), villa (Faroese), huijata (Finnish), duper (French), berner (French), trafulcar [masculine] (Galician), trapazar (Galician), fraudar (Galician), engaitar (Galician), embougar (Galician), embair (Galician), deludir (Galician), baratar (Galician), decebir (Galician), falir (Galician), anführen (German), hereinlegen (German), einen Bären aufbinden (German), foppen (German), מתח (matákh) (Hebrew), álhíresztel (Hungarian), dup-igo (Ido), frodare (Italian), ペテンに掛ける (peten-ni kakeru) (Japanese), səxʷʔiw̓adəb (Lushootseed), māminga (Maori), tinihanga (Maori), przekręcać [imperfective] (Polish), przekręcić [perfective] (Polish), oszukiwać [imperfective] (Polish), oszukać [perfective] (Polish), fraudar (Portuguese), păcăli (Romanian), разы́грывать (razýgryvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разыгра́ть (razygrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обманывать (obmanyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вводить в заблуждение (vvoditʹ v zabluždenije) [formal, imperfective] (Russian), lura (Swedish), bedra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hoax-en-verb-41Y1VJp1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "измамвам"
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "halda fyri gjøldur"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "lumpa"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "villa"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "huijata"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "duper"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "word": "trafulcar"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "trapazar"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "fraudar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "engaitar"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "embougar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "embair"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "deludir"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "baratar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "decebir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "falir"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "anführen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "hereinlegen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "einen Bären aufbinden"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "álhíresztel"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "dup-igo"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "frodare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "peten-ni kakeru",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "ペテンに掛ける"
        },
        {
          "code": "lut",
          "lang": "Lushootseed",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "səxʷʔiw̓adəb"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "māminga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "tinihanga"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przekręcać"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "oszukiwać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "oszukać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "fraudar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "păcăli"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razýgryvatʹ",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разы́грывать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razygrátʹ",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разыгра́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obmanyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "обманывать"
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          "roman": "vvoditʹ v zabluždenije",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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          "word": "вводить в заблуждение"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "lura"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
          "word": "bedra"
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          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "piànjú",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "骗局"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "惡作劇"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "èzuòjù",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "恶作剧"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "podvod"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mystifikace"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "žert"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kachna"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "blago"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "mistifiko"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "huijaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "canular"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mystification"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intox"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conto"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trapallada"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "andrómena"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "algueiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alburgada"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enguedello"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grola"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pandullada"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "padumada"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Streich"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Trick"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schabernack"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "Gag"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "Falschmeldung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "Schwindel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "Ulk"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "Ente"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fársa",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "φάρσα"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "átverés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "beugratás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "kacsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "tréfa"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "hoaks"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dallamullóg"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frode"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inganno"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bufala"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "peten",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "ペテン"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いたずら",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "itazura",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "悪戯"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "decchiage",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "でっち上げ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lut",
          "lang": "Lushootseed",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "səxʷʔiw̓adəb"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "olokan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "olok-olok"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "māminga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "tinihanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "puss"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bedrag"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mistyfikacja"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "szalbierstwo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fraude"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "embuste"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "embustice"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "logro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "cioară vopsită"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rózygryš",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ро́зыгрыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trjuk",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "трюк"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mistifikácija",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мистифика́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obmán",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "обма́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "engaño"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fraude"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "embuste"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "filfa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "bluff"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "word": "talimangmang"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cast"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/həʊks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊks/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊks"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hokes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-hoax.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-uk-hoax.ogg/En-uk-hoax.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-uk-hoax.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/En-us-hoax.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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    "hoax"
  ],
  "word": "hoax"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊks",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊks/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "climate hoax"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoaxer"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "hoaxster"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "hocus"
      },
      "expansion": "hocus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hocus-pocus"
      },
      "expansion": "hocus-pocus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "iocus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "joke"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iocus (“joke”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hokey"
      },
      "expansion": "hokey",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).\nCompare hokey.",
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    {
      "form": "hoaxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoaxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoaxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoaxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/həʊks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊks/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊks"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hokes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-hoax.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-uk-hoax.ogg/En-uk-hoax.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-uk-hoax.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hoax.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/En-us-hoax.ogg/En-us-hoax.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/En-us-hoax.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmamvam",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "измамвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "欺騙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīpiàn",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "欺骗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuònòng",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "作弄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "戲弄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnòng",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "戏弄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "podvést"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "napálit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "halda fyri gjøldur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "lumpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "villa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "huijata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "duper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "berner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trafulcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "trapazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "fraudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "engaitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "embougar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "embair"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "deludir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "baratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "decebir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "falir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "anführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "hereinlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "einen Bären aufbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "foppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "matákh",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "מתח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "álhíresztel"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "dup-igo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "frodare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "peten-ni kakeru",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "ペテンに掛ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "səxʷʔiw̓adəb"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "māminga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "tinihanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przekręcać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przekręcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszukiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszukać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "fraudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "păcăli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razýgryvatʹ",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разы́грывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razygrátʹ",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разыгра́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmanyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обманывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vvoditʹ v zabluždenije",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вводить в заблуждение"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "lura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
      "word": "bedra"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hoax"
  ],
  "word": "hoax"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊks",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊks/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "deliberately false story or report",
      "word": "hoaxical"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deliberately false story or report",
      "word": "Hoaxocaust"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deliberately false story or report",
      "word": "Holo-hoax"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hocus"
      },
      "expansion": "hocus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hocus-pocus"
      },
      "expansion": "hocus-pocus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "iocus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "joke"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iocus (“joke”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hokey"
      },
      "expansion": "hokey",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).\nCompare hokey.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hoaxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hoax (plural hoaxes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deliberately",
          "deliberately"
        ],
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/həʊks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊks/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊks"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hokes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-hoax.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-uk-hoax.ogg/En-uk-hoax.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-uk-hoax.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hoax.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/En-us-hoax.ogg/En-us-hoax.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/En-us-hoax.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "deliberately false story or report",
      "word": "canard"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmama",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "измама"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nomer",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "номер"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šega",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шега"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engany"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "騙局"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "piànjú",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "骗局"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "惡作劇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èzuòjù",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "恶作剧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mystifikace"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žert"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kachna"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "blago"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "mistifiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "huijaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canular"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mystification"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intox"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trapallada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "andrómena"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "algueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alburgada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enguedello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grola"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pandullada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "padumada"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trick"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schabernack"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "Gag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "Falschmeldung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "Schwindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "Ulk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "Ente"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fársa",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "φάρσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "átverés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "beugratás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "kacsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "tréfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "hoaks"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dallamullóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frode"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inganno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bufala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "peten",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "ペテン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いたずら",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "itazura",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "悪戯"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "decchiage",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "でっち上げ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "səxʷʔiw̓adəb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "olokan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "olok-olok"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "māminga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "tinihanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "puss"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bedrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mistyfikacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "szalbierstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fraude"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embuste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "embustice"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "logro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "cioară vopsită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rózygryš",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́зыгрыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjuk",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трюк"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mistifikácija",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мистифика́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmán",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обма́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engaño"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraude"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embuste"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bluff"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "word": "talimangmang"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cast"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hoax"
  ],
  "word": "hoax"
}

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