Nouns (6)
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fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Verbs (3)
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hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
v. subject to a playful hoax or joke
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Fuzzynyms (46)
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deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
n. the act of deceiving
fabrication, fiction, fable
n. a deliberately false or improbable account
lie, prevarication
n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
forgery
n. criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on
n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
copy
n. a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
juke, fake
n. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
trick, fast one
n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender
n. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
swindle, cheat, rig
n. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre
n. a move made to gain a tactical end
treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy
n. an act of deliberate betrayal
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
v. influence by slyness
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hoax
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