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Plural for a malicious ruse or deception

Plural for a humorous prank or practical joke

Plural for a fraudulent imitation of something else

Plural for a crafty, and typically underhanded, means to achieve one's aims

Plural for a manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings

Plural for a joke or an amusing story

Plural for a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so

Plural for the condition or quality of being phony or fake

To deceive or fool someone

To tease, especially in a jocular manner

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Noun

Plural for a malicious ruse or deception

confidence tricks

confidence games

misrepresentation

monkey business

sanctimoniousness

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

Noun

Plural for a humorous prank or practical joke

practical jokes

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

Plural for a fraudulent imitation of something else

confidence tricksters

double-crossers

practical jokers

confidence artists

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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

Plural for a crafty, and typically underhanded, means to achieve one's aims

monkey business

sleight of hand

confidence tricks

underhandedness

wild-goose chases

courses of action

maneuverings^US

manoeuvrings^UK

surreptitiousness

unscrupulousness

instrumentalities

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Noun

Plural for a manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings

misrepresentation

false pretenses

attitudinizings

superciliousness

pretentiousness

counterfeitings

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Noun

Plural for a joke or an amusing story

double entendres

shaggy dog stories

practical jokes

shaggy-dog stories

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

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Noun

Plural for a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so

Noun

Plural for the condition or quality of being phony or fake

Verb

To deceive or fool someone

takes for a ride

puts one over on

pulls a fast one on

pulls a swifty on

pulls one's leg

leads up the garden path

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

plays games with

does a number on

takes advantage of

takes to the cleaners

leads down the garden path

outmaneuvers^US

outmanoeuvres^UK

makes a fool of

gives someone a bum steer

pulls a fast one

gets the better of

does the dirty on

puts on the wrong track

sends on a wild goose chase

throws off the scent

plays a trick on

propagandizes^US

pulls someone's leg

propagandises^UK

plays for a sucker

runs rings round

steals a march on

makes rings round

sells a bill of goods to

puts up smoke screen

leads up garden path

gives the wrong impression

puts on false front

gives wrong information to

takes to cleaners

makes a sucker of

pulls wool over

plays for a fool

sells a bill of goods

does someone in the eye

plays fast and loose with

sells down the river

gives the runaround

gives bum steer

breaks the rules

sends on a wild-goose chase

twists around your little finger

goes one better than

tells an untruth

tells a falsehood

tells a terminological inexactitude

stretches the truth

perjures oneself

makes up a story

concocts a story

departs from the truth

tells a white lie

forswears oneself

says something untrue

invents a story

bears false witness

commits perjury

puts up a front

stabs in the back

plays someone false

breaks faith with

interferes with

puts someone up to something

does someone dirty

slips something over on

bends the rules

stacks the cards

hits below the belt

stretches the rules

pulls something funny

discountenances

arranges fraudulently

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

makes a monkey of

catches on the hop

throws off balance

puts someone off their stride

commits treason

lays a trap for

finds a loophole in

exploits a loophole in

lies under oath

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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

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