1. present participle of hocus: to deceive or trick someone
Usage: informal; somewhat archaic

Examples

• The magician was hocussing the audience with his sleight of hand.
• Stop hocussing me with those fake statistics.
• The con artist spent years hocussing unsuspecting victims.
• She accused him of hocussing her into signing the contract.
• The politician was hocussing voters with empty promises.