hoax

でっち上げ、いたずら

うそのことを信じさせるため、わざと作った話や警告などの仕掛け。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： trick, deception, fraud

よく使う表現： bomb hoax, elaborate hoax, hoax call

だます、一杯食わせる

わざと作った話や主張を信じ込ませる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hoax someone into doing something (They hoaxed the reporter into publishing a false story.)

類義語： trick, deceive, fool, dupe

よく使う表現： hoax someone, hoax the public, hoax someone into