hoax

[US]/həʊks/
[UK]/hoʊks/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en humoristisk eller ondskabsfuld vildledning
vt. at narre nogen som en joke
Word Forms
Past Tensehoaxed
Past Participlehoaxed
Pluralhoaxes
Present Participlehoaxing
Third Person Singularhoaxes

Example Sentences

it smells like a hoax to me.

Det lugter som et fusk for mig.

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

De var ofre for en grusom narrestreg.

The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild-goose chase.

Bedrageren havde sendt politiet ud på en forgæves jagt.

a hoax perpetrated by the British government

et fusk begået af den britiske regering

A telephone caller said there was a bomb in the hotel but it was just a hoax.

En telefonopkaldende sagde, at der var en bombe på hotellet, men det var bare en falsk alarm.

19.  10.In 1972, a hoaxer, pretended to be an athlete.

19. 10. I 1972 udgav en fuskers sig for at være en atlet.

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