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hoax
A	noun
	1	fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
			something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚falsification; misrepresentaation ╚deception; deceit; dissembling; dissimulation ╚trickery; chicanery; chicane; guile; wile; shenanigan ╚fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on ╚Piltdown man; Piltdown hoax ╚goldbrick
B	verb
	1	hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
			subject to a palyful hoax or joke
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚treat; handle; do by ╚wrong ╚victimize; victimise ╚deceive; lead on; delude; cozen ╚hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on

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