hoaxer

Example Sentences

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And last week’s D.C. hoaxer could not say whether a shooter had been spotted in a computer lab at Trinity or Catholic University, even though the Metropolitan Police Department had checked both campuses thoroughly.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Lévy, at the time, was contrite and complimented the hoaxer for his ruse.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023

But Paisley sang “Amazing Grace” on the phone to the nonexistent child, which formed the basis for the “theft of services” charges that sent the hoaxer to jail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Polish President Andrzej Duda spoke to a hoaxer posing as France's Emmanuel Macron on the night a missile hit a village near the Ukraine border.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022

Phineas Gage's mother said her son exhibited himself here at P. T. Barnum's American Museum on Broadway in New York City Barnum was the gaudiest showman and greatest hoaxer of his age.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman