Hoax

[Sarah]

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick orstory; a practical joke. Macaulay.

[Sarah]

1 Transtive/Verb
to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous.
2: Noun
1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : IMPOSTURE
2 : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication

[Sarah]

A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth.

[Sarah]

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