Example Sentences

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Lévy, at the time, was contrite and complimented the hoaxer for his ruse.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023

But Paisley sang “Amazing Grace” on the phone to the nonexistent child, which formed the basis for the “theft of services” charges that sent the hoaxer to jail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Polish President Andrzej Duda spoke to a hoaxer posing as France's Emmanuel Macron on the night a missile hit a village near the Ukraine border.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022

The government has launched a security probe into how a hoaxer posing as Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal was put through on a video call to Wallace on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

If we were to stop here, it would certainly seem that the insect, a cunning hoaxer, seeks, as a means of defence, to cheat those who attack him.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander