Catch and Hoax

Catch

Catch verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Usage example: a number of media outlets were caught by the woman's hard-luck story

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Hoax and catch are semantically related in fool topic. In some cases you can use "Hoax" instead the word "Catch" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Hoax verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Usage example: a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers

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Catch and hoax are semantically related in fool topic. Sometimes you can use "Catch" instead the word "Hoax" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: hoaxer, hoaxed, hoaxing

elaborate	elaborate catch	elaborate hoax
common	common catch	common hoax
real	real catch	real hoax
big	big catch	big hoax
Other adjectives: great, famous, major, few, latest.

It was ascribed some miraculous properties like making simple and compact nukes; the purpose of the hoax was sting operations to catch terrorists and rogue state agents seeking easy ways to obtain nukes.

Source: Fantasy Metals

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