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To deceive or fool someone

A humorous or malicious deception

A fraudulent imitation of something else

A joke or an amusing story

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

The condition or quality of being phony or fake

News circulating in the form of rumor or gossip

Deceptively artificial or fake in nature

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Verb

To deceive or fool someone

play a prank on

play a practical joke on

take for a ride

put one over on

play games with

pull a fast one on

pull a swifty on

lead up the garden path

take someone for a ride

pull the wool over somebody's eyes

take advantage of

take to the cleaners

outmanoeuvre^UK

pull the wool over one's eyes

lead one down the garden path

give someone a bum steer

pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull somebody's leg

pull a fast one

pull someone's leg

take someone in

do the dirty on

have someone on

get the better of

put on the wrong track

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

play a trick on

propagandize^US

propagandise^UK

run rings round

sell a bill of goods to

throw dust in someone's eyes

be cleverer than

make rings round

lead up garden path

put on false front

bait and switch

give wrong information to

play a practical joke

pull wool over eyes

put up smoke screen

steal a march on

make a sucker of

go one better than

give the runaround

lead down the garden path

send on a wild-goose chase

give the wrong impression

put one over on someone

take to the cleaner's

do someone in the eye

pull a fast one on someone

sell a bill of goods

take to cleaners

play for a fool

string someone along

play for a sucker

twist around your little finger

sell down the river

break the rules

play fast and loose with

make a monkey out of

mess someone around

make a monkey out of someone

pull someone's chain

wind someone up

mess someone about

yank somebody's chain

tell an untruth

tell a falsehood

be economical with the truth

not speak the truth

perjure yourself

make up a story

lie through one's teeth

forswear oneself

bear false witness

say something untrue

not tell the truth

stretch the truth

tell a white lie

perjure oneself

forswear yourself

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

depart from the truth

whet the appetite of

bring pressure to bear on

sweep off one's feet

make mouth water

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

put someone up to something

give the come-on to

break faith with

be unfaithful to

stab in the back

make your mouth water

dangle a carrot in front of

dangle something

lick someone's boots

rub the right way

lay it on thick

sweep you off your feet

twist someone's arm

pull strings with

make yourself felt with

carry weight with

bring pressure to bear upon

cut any ice with

make someone's mouth water

keep hanging on

keep someone hanging on

talk into something

twist somebody's arm

pass yourself off as

be hypocritical

take liberties with

play someone for a sucker

use for one's own ends

win the affection of

undermine someone's resistance

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

Noun

A humorous or malicious deception

confidence trick

confidence game

misrepresentation

piece of mischief

mischievous act

monkey business

sleight of hand

victimisation^UK

victimization^US

mischievous trick

crocodile tears

smoke and mirrors

attention-grabber

sanctimoniousness

piece of deception

bit of sharp practice

fraudulent scheme

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

underhandedness

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

oldest trick in the book

bait and switch

course of action

unscrupulousness

palace intrigue

irresistible bait

surreptitiousness

double-crossing

stab in the back

misleading talk

publicity device

eye-catching novelty

treacherousness

mode of conduct

method of working

mode of behaviour

cunning stratagems

instrumentality

every trick in the book

supposed grounds

ostensible reason

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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

chip off the old block

chip off old block

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Noun

A joke or an amusing story

double entendre

shaggy dog story

good-natured remark

witty communication

sardonic remark

shaggy-dog story

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Noun

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

putting on an act

lack of veracity

outward appearance

misrepresentation

false appearance

pretentiousness

window dressing

window-dressing

superciliousness

airs and graces

going Hollywood

assumed manners

unnatural imitation

putting on airs

cut of one's jib

person's presence

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Noun

A hypocrite

hypocritical person

whited sepulchre

wolf in sheep's clothing

confidence trickster

confidence woman

confidence operator

practical joker

slippery customer

confidence artist

pseudointellectual

pretentious person

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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

affected superiority

double standard

unrepresentativeness

hypocriticalness

hypocritical statement

pious platitudes

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

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Noun

News circulating in the form of rumor or gossip

back-fence talk

unconfirmed report

the word on the street

word on the street

rumormongering^US

whispering campaign

piece of gossip

piece of hearsay

rumourmongering^UK

second-hand information

talk of the town

secondhand information

malicious gossip

grapevine report

intimate intelligence

jungle telegraph

grapevine telegraph

scandalmongering

malicious rumour

malicious rumours

unsubstantiated information

acknowledgment^US

acknowledgement^UK

written communication

piece of information

surprising fact

written message

piece of writing

editorial column

handwriting on the wall

secret information

information received

word to the wise

publicity story

advance warning

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Adjective

Deceptively artificial or fake in nature

not what it is cracked up to be

without foundation

unsubstantiated

wide of the mark

economical with the truth

to all intents and purposes

inconsequential

seemingly correct

wrongly inferred

out of commission

on the wrong track

plausible but wrong

apparently right

misrepresentative

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