hoax
Example Sentences
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A man who left a fake stick of dynamite outside the headquarters of MI5 has been found guilty of carrying out a bomb hoax.
From BBC
What if they could get someone close to the Fox family to confess details of a hoax?
From Literature
Turning Point USA executive Benny Johnson called the widespread outrage a “hoax.”
From Salon
His worries were balanced by the feeling that the whole thing was nothing but a hoax—a joke being played by a weird old man with a warped sense of humor.
From Literature
Why she would carry on a joke—a hoax— that hurt my friend so badly.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
