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   What does a hoax mean?

   • A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that a picture is genuine when it is not. 2 meanings: 1. a deception, esp a practical joke 2. to deceive or play a joke on (someone).... Click for more definitions.

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   What is an example of a hoax?

   • Historians can point to many other examples of hoaxes, successful or not. After cleaning the data for erroneous entries, cancelled calls, hoax calls, etc, 2781 non-urgent emergency calls with a total of 4310 vehicle journeys were analysed. Drift-message hoaxes could also relate to other maritime explorers.

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   What is hoax news?

   • Hoax news is usually released with the intention of misleading to injure an organisation, individual, or person, and/or benefit financially or politically, sometimes utilising sensationalist, deceptive, or simply invented headlines to maximise readership.

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   What is a hoax of exposure?

   • Hoax of exposure is a semi-comical or private sting operation. It usually encourages people to act foolishly or credulously by falling for patent nonsense that the hoaxer deliberately presents as reality. A related activity is culture jamming. Internet hoaxes became more common after the start of social media.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHOAX | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   HOAX definition: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.

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     HOAX meaning: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling...

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     HOAX translate: 惡作劇，騙局, 欺騙，對…搞惡作劇. Learn more in the...

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     HOAX translate: 恶作剧，骗局, 欺骗，对…搞恶作剧. Learn more in the...

   • Znaczenie Hoax, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     HOAX definicja: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as...

   • Hoax: French Translation

     HOAX translate: canular [masculine], canular, duper, berner....

   • Hoax: Polish Translation

     HOAX translate: żart, figiel, kawał, nabierać, zrobić w...

   • Hoax: Thai Translation

     hoax translate: การหลอกลวง, หลอกลวง. Learn more in the...

   • Hoax: Russian Translation

     HOAX translate: надувательство, ложная тревога . Learn more...

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOAX | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   HOAX meaning: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hoaxHoax Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of HOAX is to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous. How to use hoax in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHOAX definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   2 meanings: 1. a deception, esp a practical joke 2. to deceive or play a joke on (someone).... Click for more definitions.

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   A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions; that is done in order to gull its victims into putting up the highest possible social currency in support of the hoax. [1]

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   Hoax definition: something intended to deceive or defraud. See examples of HOAX used in a sentence.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › hoaxMeaning of hoax – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   HOAX definition: a trick in which someone tries to make people believe something that is not true: . Learn more.