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Noun

Plural for a humorous or malicious deception

Plural for a fraudulent imitation of something else

Plural for a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception

Plural for an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

Plural for something done or said to amuse people

Plural for news circulating in the form of rumor or gossip

To deceive or fool someone

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Noun

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Plural for a humorous or malicious deception

pretence^UK

pretense^US

stings

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

phonies^US

phoneys^UK

rumor^US

rumour^UK

programmes^UK

programs^US

draft^US

draught^UK

behavior^US

behaviour^UK

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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

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Plural for a fraudulent imitation of something else

phoneys^UK

phonies^US

pretence^UK

pretense^US

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Noun

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Plural for a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception

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Noun

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Plural for an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

pretense^US

pretence^UK

phoneys^UK

phonies^US

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Noun

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Plural for something done or said to amuse people

humor^US

humour^UK

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Noun

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Plural for news circulating in the form of rumor or gossip

rumour^UK

rumor^US

Verb

To deceive or fool someone

plays a practical joke on

leads up the garden path

runs a game on

takes someone for a ride

pulls the wool over somebody's eyes

victimizes^US

victimises^UK

takes to the cleaners

pulls the wool over one's eyes

leads one down the garden path

gives someone a bum steer

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

puts on the wrong track

puts on an act

throws off the scent

figures out

sends on a wild goose chase

sells a bill of goods to

plays a prank

does out of

steals a march on

plays a practical joke

gives wrong information to

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

leads down the garden path

sends on a wild-goose chase

puts one over on someone

gives the wrong impression

mesmerizes^US

hypnotizes^US

pulls a fast one on someone

sells a bill of goods

does someone in the eye

takes to the cleaner's

mesmerises^UK

hypnotises^UK

twists around your little finger

plays fast and loose with

makes a monkey out of

pulls someone's chain

messes about

makes a monkey out of someone

messes someone around

yanks somebody's chain

tells a terminological inexactitude

says something untrue

departs from the truth

tantalizes^US

tantalises^UK

magnetizes^US

magnetises^UK

whets the appetite of

enthralls^US

enthrals^UK

sweeps off one's feet

draws one's attention

pulls something funny

puts someone up to something

pressurizes^US

pressurises^UK

tickles someone's fancy

gets going

lights someone's fire

floats someone's boat

does it for someone

turns someone on

gives someone a thrill

dangles a carrot in front of

catches someone's eye

brings pressure to bear on

lays it on

licks someone's boots

flies in the face of

makes your mouth water

sweeps you off your feet

leaves holding the bag

makes someone's mouth water

keeps someone hanging on

passes yourself off as

humours^UK

humors^US

wins the affection of

patronises^UK

plays someone for a sucker

patronizes^US

uses for one's own ends

profits from

capitalizes on

treats lightly

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

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