hoax

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

Translation

n. ett humoristiskt eller elakt bedrägeri
vt. att lura någon som ett skämt
Word Forms
Past Tensehoaxed
Past Participlehoaxed
Pluralhoaxes
Present Participlehoaxing
Third Person Singularhoaxes

Example Sentences

it smells like a hoax to me.

Det luktar som en bluff för mig.

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

De var offer för ett grymt bedrägeri.

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

Bedragaren hade skickat polisen på ett vilt jakande efter något.

a hoax perpetrated by the British government

en bluff som iscensattes av den brittiska regeringen

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

En person som ringde från telefon sa att det fanns en bomb på hotellet, men det var bara ett falskt larm.

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

19. 10. År 1972 låtsades en bedragare vara en idrottare.

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