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1. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
   - fraud, fraudulence, dupery, humbug, put-on [N. Amer, informal], spoof [informal]

1. Subject to a playful hoax or joke
   - pull someone's leg, play a joke on, prank

Derived forms: hoaxing, hoaxed, hoaxes

Type of: chicane, chicanery, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, guile, lead on, shenanigan, trickery, wile

Encyclopedia: Hoax