Hoax: alternatives and connections

The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…

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Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

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To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

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To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

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Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

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The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

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A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

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The act or practice of duping.

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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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Alt. of Fraudulency

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An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

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