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hoax noun artifice, beguilement, canard, cheat, circumvention, counterfeit, cozenage, deceit, defraudation, delusion, device, dupery, duplicity, fake, false alarm, false report, falsification, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, guile, imposition, imposture, lie, ludificatio, machination, masquerade, pettifogging, practical joke, pretense, ruse, scheme, sham, shift, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trick, trickery, wile
Associated concepts: false representation, forgery, fraud, impersonation See also: artifice, betray, bilk, bunko, canard, circumvent, collusion, deceive, deception, defraud, delude, dupe, ensnare, evade, fake, false pretense, falsification, frame up, hoodwink, illude, imposture, knavery, maneuver, misrepresent, palter, pretense, pretext, ruse, trick Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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artifice baffle beguilement betray bilk bunko canard cheat chicanery circumvent circumvention counterfeit cozenage deceive deception defraud defraudation delude delusion | Setting out the terms of former military man McWilliams' Asbo, magistrates defined an emergency as 'a serious unexpected and potentially dangerous situation requiring immediate action' The order was made as the emergency services revealed hoaxers blocked 999 lines with calls for help to deal with smelly feet and to change a TV channel. Fire services have introduced a number of methods in an effort to cut false alarms, including call-challenging policies and a system to disconnect the mobile phones of serial hoaxers. Gardai must then ensure that hoaxers who put lives at risk by making bogus 999 calls are prosecuted. |
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