hoax

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

Translation

n. en humoristisk eller skadelig forvirring
vt. å forvirre noen som en lek
Word Forms
Past Tensehoaxed
Past Participlehoaxed
Pluralhoaxes
Present Participlehoaxing
Third Person Singularhoaxes

Example Sentences

it smells like a hoax to me.

Det føles som en svindel til meg.

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

De var ofre for et grusomt bedrag.

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

Bedrageren hadde sendt politiet på en vill gås jakt.

a hoax perpetrated by the British government

en svindel utført av den britiske regjeringen

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

En som ringte fra telefonen sa at det var en bombe på hotellet, men det var bare en spøk.

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

19.  10.I 1972, en svindler, hevdet å være en idrettsutøver.

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