1. past tense and past participle of hoax; deceived by a false or misleading story, trick, or scheme

Examples

• The entire town was hoaxed by the fake news report about aliens landing.
• She felt embarrassed after being hoaxed by the prank phone call.
• The media was hoaxed into believing the fabricated story.
• Thousands of people were hoaxed by the false social media post.
• The scientist was hoaxed by fake research data submitted by his colleague.
• We were completely hoaxed by that elaborate April Fool’s joke.