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  • 21HOAX — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hoax. HOAX est un groupe de hard core metal qui sévit de 1991 à 1998. Il devint le fer de lance du style en trois albums et de nombreuses tournées en Europe[réf. nécessaire] et une référence pour la nouvelle …

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  • 22hoax — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborate ▪ It turned out to be an elaborate hoax. ▪ cruel ▪ He described the deception as a cruel hoax. ▪ bomb (BrE) …

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  • 23hoax — n. 1) to perpetrate a hoax 2) to play a hoax on smb. 3) a literary hoax * * * [həʊks] a literary hoax to perpetrate a hoax to play a hoax on smb …

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  • 24Hoax — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Hoax peut faire référence à: Hoax, mot anglais pour désigner un canular informatique Hoaxbuster, site web pour lutter contre la propagation des canulars… …

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  • 25hoax — I UK [həʊks] / US [hoʊks] noun [countable] Word forms hoax : singular hoax plural hoaxes a trick in which someone deliberately tells people that something bad is going to happen or that something is true when it is not II UK [həʊks] / US [hoʊks]… …

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  • 26hoax — hoax1 [ houks ] noun count a trick in which someone deliberately tells people that something bad is going to happen or that something is true when it is not hoax hoax 2 [ houks ] verb transitive to trick someone deliberately with a hoax ╾ hoax|er …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27hoax — 1 noun (C) 1 a false warning about something dangerous or bad: a bomb hoax | hoax call (=a telephone call that gives false information) 2 an attempt to make people believe something that is not true: The Hitler Diaries were an elaborate hoax. 2… …

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  • 28hoax — [[t]hoʊks[/t]] n. v. hoaxed, hoax•ing. n. 1) something intended to deceive or defraud 2) to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink • Etymology: 1790–1800; perh. contr. of hocus hoax′er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29hoax — hoaxer, n. /hohks/, n. 1. something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax. v.t. 2. to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink. [1790 1800; perh. contr. of HOCUS] Syn. 1. deception, fraud, fake, imposture, humbug. * * * …

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  • 30Hoax — Un hoax (del inglés: engaño, bulo) es un mensaje de correo electrónico con contenido falso o engañoso y normalmente distribuido en cadena. Algunos informan sobre virus desastrosos, otros apelan a la solidaridad con un niño enfermo o cualquier… …

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