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A malicious ruse or deception

A humorous prank or practical joke

A fraudulent imitation of something else

A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings

A joke or an amusing story

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so

The condition or quality of being phony or fake

To deceive or fool someone

To tease, especially in a jocular manner

Fake, especially with an intent to deceive

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Noun

A malicious ruse or deception

confidence trick

confidence game

misrepresentation

sleight of hand

monkey business

smoke and mirrors

sanctimoniousness

fraudulent scheme

piece of deception

bit of sharp practice

oldest trick in the book

underhandedness

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

bait and switch

attention-grabber

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

course of action

eye-catching novelty

instrumentality

unscrupulousness

bread and circuses

bread and games

treacherousness

military science

illegal enterprise

criminal activity

surreptitiousness

double-crossing

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“It appeared to be a hoax to swindle money from government agents.”

Noun

A humorous prank or practical joke

piece of mischief

mischievous act

mischievous trick

monkey business

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“A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate hoax by Irish pranksters.”

Noun

A fraudulent imitation of something else

virtual reality

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“Suddenly, you're going to swear that your American passport is a hoax and that everything sounds and tastes so much better in español.”

Noun

A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings

misrepresentation

false appearance

outward appearance

lack of veracity

assuming a front

putting on a front

window dressing

pretentiousness

smoke and mirrors

window-dressing

superciliousness

airs and graces

going Hollywood

assumed manners

unnatural imitation

putting on airs

outward display

false impression

deceptive appearance

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Noun

A joke or an amusing story

double entendre

shaggy dog story

good-natured remark

sardonic remark

witty communication

nice turn of phrase

shaggy-dog story

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

snappy comeback

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Noun

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so

misrepresentation

cock-and-bull story

trumped-up story

terminological inexactitude

departure from the truth

piece of fiction

cock and bull story

alternative fact

little white lie

flight of fancy

figment of the imagination

shaggy-dog story

false statement

conspiracy theory

economy with the truth

aggrandizement^US

figure of speech

lack of veracity

aggrandisement^UK

figment of imagination

not a true picture

old wivesʼ tale

remarkable story

prepared speech

one for the birds

deviation from the truth

disregard for the facts

pretentiousness

mistaken belief

fictitious story

misinterpretation

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Noun

The condition or quality of being phony or fake

disingenuousness

pretentiousness

duplicitousness

pharisaicalness

sanctimoniousness

false profession

being two-faced

self-righteousness

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

double standard

affected superiority

unrepresentativeness

underhandedness

ambidextrousness

misrepresentation

monkey business

crocodile tears

hypocriticalness

lack of veracity

pious platitudes

smoke and mirrors

treacherousness

untrustworthiness

hypocritical statement

breach of trust

double-crossing

stab in the back

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

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Verb

To deceive or fool someone

take for a ride

put one over on

pull a fast one on

pull a swifty on

lead up the garden path

pull the wool over someone's eyes

play games with

take advantage of

take to the cleaners

lead down the garden path

outmanoeuvre^UK

give someone a bum steer

pull a fast one

do the dirty on

get the better of

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

play a trick on

propagandize^US

pull someone's leg

propagandise^UK

play for a sucker

run rings round

sell a bill of goods to

throw dust in someone's eyes

give wrong information to

be cleverer than

make rings round

lead up garden path

put up smoke screen

put on false front

bait and switch

steal a march on

give the wrong impression

take for a fool

take to cleaners

make a sucker of

go one better than

do someone in the eye

sell a bill of goods

play for a fool

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

sell down the river

twist around your little finger

break the rules

tell a falsehood

tell an untruth

not tell the truth

be economical with the truth

not speak the truth

make up a story

lie through one's teeth

stretch the truth

tell a white lie

perjure oneself

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

forswear oneself

bear false witness

say something untrue

depart from the truth

stab in the back

play someone false

break faith with

be unfaithful to

do someone dirty

worm one's way out of

beat around the bush

slip something over on

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

put someone up to something

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

arrange fraudulently

find a loophole in

exploit a loophole in

throw off balance

put someone off their stride

catch on the hop

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“I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to hoax me.”

Verb

To tease, especially in a jocular manner

pull someone's leg

take the mickey

play a practical joke on

get a rise out of

make a monkey out of

take a rise out of

play a practical joke

pull someone's chain

have a joke on somebody

muck someone about

yank someone's chain

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Adjective

Fake, especially with an intent to deceive

not what it is cracked up to be

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