Словарь синонимов английского языка - hoax

(n) 1. deception, fraud, swindle, trick, flam or flimflam, imposture, cheat, humbug, Slang con (game), gyp, scam, game, US snow job: They perpetrated a hoax on you, and I am afraid there is no way of getting iour money back. -(v) 2. deceive, defraud, swindle, trick, fool, dupe, dake in, cozen, hoodwink, gull, bluff, Slang con, gyp, bamboozle: She was hoaxed into investing in Sicilian gold-mines.