hoaxing
present participle ofhoax
hoax
verb[T]
uk/həʊks/us/hoʊks/todeceive,especiallybyplayingatrickon someone
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- bluff
- fiddle
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- put one over onsomeoneidiom
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
- snooker
Examplesofhoaxing
hoaxing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Hoaxingmust not be exaggerated, but it is nevertheless a real problem.
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The powers have been used in respect of two juveniles, detained onhoaxingcharges and released on bail pending trial.
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Many suggested this tactic was just more proof that dyer washoaxingagain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mythologizing process included exaggeration, faulty memory, folklore and deliberatehoaxing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Skeptics are also likely to critically examine abduction claims for evidence ofhoaxingor influence from popular culture sources such as science fiction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hoaxingseems to explain some of these contactees claims, but visionary dreams, hallucinations, and other mental processes are clearly implicated in such myth-based material.
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- organized effort
- organized fashion
- organized hockey
- organized labor
- organized-labor
- organized labour
- organized-labour
- organized league
- organized manner
- organized medicine
- organized opposition
- organized protest
- organized resistance
- organized society
- organized sport
- organizer
- organizing
- organizing business
- organizing-business
- organizing committee
- organizing principle
- organ loft
- organ-loft
- organ music
- organ music