hoax
Word family nounhoaxhoaxer
hoax /həʊks $ hoʊks/ noun [countableC]1 TRICK/DECEIVEa false warning about something dangerous 惡作劇,假警告hoax calls (=telephone calls giving false information) to the police 惡作劇報警電話
2 TRICK/DECEIVEan attempt to make people believe something that is not true 騙局an elaborate hoax 精心設計的騙局
elaborate hoax• This was nothing but an elaborate hoax perpetrated by her in revenge for all the suffering I had caused her.• It was still not clear last night whether the tapes were an elaborate hoax. Origin hoax