noun
- a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as the truth
verb
- to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
Examples
- The alien landing story turned out to be an elaborate hoax.
- Many people fell for the email hoax about the computer virus.
- The radio broadcast about Martians was just a hoax that scared listeners.
- Someone tried to hoax the public with fake photographs.
- The prankster managed to hoax several news outlets.
- Don’t let anyone hoax you with that ridiculous story.