Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hoax.
6 letter answer(s) to hoax
CANARD
a deliberately misleading fabrication
9 letter answer(s) to hoax
MARESNEST
5 letter answer(s) to hoax
PUTON
SPOOF
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
4 letter answer(s) to hoax
SCAM
a fraudulent business scheme
con, cheat
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
SHAM
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
False
make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
make believe with the intent to deceive;
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
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