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“hoax”
To trick into believing, accepting, or into doing something. (1)
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hoax, hocus
Hoodwink, deceive, cheat; believed to be from hocus pocus which is probably from a pseudo Latin phrase: hax pax max Deus adimax, that was used by traveling conjurers to impress their audiences; in this unit.
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