hoax
hoax [
hōks ]
noun (plural hoaxes)
Definition:
deception: an act intended to trick
people into believing something is real when it is not
transitive verb (3rd person present singular
hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, past and past
participle hoaxed)
Definition:
deceive people: to trick people into believing something
is real when it is not
[Late 18th century. Probably alteration of hocus]
hoaxer noun |
fraud
fraud [
frawd ] (plural frauds)
noun
Definition:
1. crime of cheating somebody: the crime of obtaining
money or some other benefit by deliberate deception
2. somebody who deceives: somebody who deliberately
deceives somebody else, usually for financial gain
3. something intended to deceive: something
that is intended to deceive people
a story that was subsequently
exposed as a fraud
[14th century. Via Old French< Latin fraud- 'cheating,
fraud'] |