hoax
noun
something intended to deceive or defraud.
has been hoaxing
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present perfect progressiveof hoax (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"Some one has been hoaxing Jacob Hall's friend."
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Charles Major
Evidently some one has been hoaxing you, Lady Castlemain.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Charles Major
"It comes to this, then, that Lackington has been hoaxing me," said Beecher, rising, with an expression of ill-temper on his face.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
"I'm really afraid," says Dicky, "that somebody has been hoaxing you this time, Mrs. Blake;" genially.
From April's Lady A Novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
But we suspect that some one has been hoaxing you about the four Turkeys.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
