hoaxer
4
6.7
- noun
- /ˈhoʊksər/
:
embaucador
- How can a college criticize the hoaxers but Revere ridiculous journals that publish nonsense?
- hoaxer of hate crimes
- crime hoaxer
How can a college criticize the hoaxers but Revere ridiculous journals that publish nonsense?
- How can a college criticize the hoaxers but Revere ridiculous journals that publish nonsense?
- Once we found that out, well, now if you don't, if if you're a COVID hoaxer, that's a racist thing.
- So this could be benign or it could be not benign, but that doesn't sound like trolling to me from some hoaxer.
Examples
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Several journalistic investigations established beyond doubt that the conspiracy claimants were hoaxers.
Academic text (1995) -
Usually, the hoaxers use the claim that you see no exhaust coming from the ascent stage as it rises.
Blog text (16) -
I tell you, the more I know about this hoaxer, the more certain I am that other sites exist.
Fiction book (1991) -
Is his other self a hoaxer, or is something more sinister going on?
Blog text (8) -
Even the hoaxers are losing interest.
Fiction book (1994) -
What's the distinction between a hoaxer and a psychic fraud?
Blog text (8) -
You see, most hoaxers leave clues to their identities because a part of them wants to be caught.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Police haven't been very helpful and they have told us that they believe the texts have been sent to us by hoaxers.
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What was it like to work every day with frauds, cheats, liars, and hoaxers?
Blog text (22) -
The famous hoaxer deceived thousands of people with his elaborate prank.
Synonyms
160
4.4
A person who pretends to be something they are not to trick others
73
6.2
A person who pretends to have feelings or beliefs to deceive others
65
3.7
A person who pretends to be someone they are not
50
5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
41
5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people and get money or other benefits
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
38
8.6
A person who says they have special skills to trick people
24
4.1
A person who plays tricks on people to make them laugh
20
4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
20
6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
15
5.2
A person who pretends to be someone else or lies to trick people
13
5.5
A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
13
7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
8
9.9
A person who often lies and makes up stories to impress or trick people
7
7.4
A person who lies about their job or skills to trick people
4
3.9
A person who plays funny tricks on other people
3
7.8
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
2
8.4
A man who tricks people by gaining their trust and taking their money
1
7.1
A person who makes up stories to trick people
1
6.8
A person who makes others believe things that are not true
1
9.5
A person who hides real thoughts or plans by saying something else
1
7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
1
8.7
A person who changes papers or records to deceive others
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who tricks others by saying things that are not true
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
A person or device that pretends to be something else to deceive people
A person who plays tricks on other people
A person who pretends to be a ghost to scare or entertain people
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hoaxer comes from hoax, which grew from the old magic word hocus, as in hocus-pocus, a phrase magicians said as 'magic words' when they did a trick. So a hoaxer is someone who makes a 'trick' to make people believe something false.