hoax

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

Translation

n. humoristinen tai pahantahtoinen petos
vt. johtaa ihmistä harhaan vitsinä
Word Forms
Past Tensehoaxed
Past Participlehoaxed
Pluralhoaxes
Present Participlehoaxing
Third Person Singularhoaxes

Example Sentences

it smells like a hoax to me.

Se haisee huijaukselta minulle.

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

Heistä tuli julman huijauksen uhreja.

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

Huijari oli lähettänyt poliisin turhan takaa-ajon.

a hoax perpetrated by the British government

huijaus, jonka brittihallitus on tehnyt.

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

Puhelimen käyttäjä sanoi, että hotellissa on pommi, mutta se olikin vain pilaa.

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

19. 10. Vuonna 1972 huijari tekeytyi urheilijaksi.

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