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n. An act intended to deceive or trick.

n. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means.

v. To deceive or cheat by using a hoax.

v. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

n. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

n. A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

v. To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.

n. A humorous or mischievous deception; a practical joke; usually, a marvelous or exciting fabrication or fiction gravely related as a test of credulity.

n. One who misleads or deceives; a hoaxer; a humbug.

To deceive by an amusing or mischievous fabrication or fiction; play upon the credulity of.

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

v. subject to a playful hoax or joke

"This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80 million doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or form treats the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one is sick and can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations."

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Cokes    Ochs    blokes    chokes    coax    cokes    evokes    folks    invokes    jokes   

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