hoax

騙局、假消息

The viral video about the missing plane turned out to be a hoax.

那支瘋傳的失蹤飛機影片最後證實是騙局。

惡作劇、玩笑

Someone made a hoax call about a bomb at the station.

有人惡作劇打電話謊報車站有炸彈。

欺騙、愚弄常用被動

Thousands of readers were hoaxed by the fake news site.

成千上萬的讀者被那個假新聞網站騙了。