hoax
noun
something intended to deceive or defraud.
have hoaxed
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present perfectof hoax.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"These two gents may have hoaxed some of the circles," Delgado now says, "but the phenomenon is still there, and we will carry on research."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I hope they haven't made you believe that you are going to have any dancing, for, if so, they have hoaxed you shamefully."
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
That the Americans did hoax Miss Martineau, and that they would have hoaxed me if they could, I admit, but even the Reviewer must acknowledge that they would not hoax themselves.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat
