hoax

canular, supercherie

Histoire, alerte ou autre tromperie inventée exprès pour faire croire quelque chose de faux.

En anglais simple : A false story, warning, or other trick deliberately created to make people believe something untrue.

• The warning was a hoax.
• Police investigated a hoax bomb threat.
• Thousands of readers believed the online hoax.

Synonymes : trick, deception, fraud

Expressions courantes : bomb hoax, elaborate hoax, hoax call

tromper, mystifier

Faire croire à quelqu’un une histoire ou une affirmation qu’on a volontairement inventée.

En anglais simple : To trick someone into believing a story or claim that you have deliberately invented.

• They hoaxed the local newspaper.
• Someone hoaxed us with a fake warning.
• The students hoaxed their teacher into believing aliens had landed.

Comment l'utiliser : hoax someone into doing something (They hoaxed the reporter into publishing a false story.)

Synonymes : trick, deceive, fool, dupe

Expressions courantes : hoax someone, hoax the public, hoax someone into