Device and Hoax

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage

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Hoax and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hoax" instead a noun "Device".

Hoax noun - An imitation that is passed off as genuine.

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Device and hoax are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Hoax".

Nearby Words: hoaxer, hoaxed, hoaxing

elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate hoax
common	common device	common hoax
standard	standard device	standard hoax
simple	simple device	simple hoax
Other adjectives: massive, big, great, secret, major, minor, mere, classic, weird, latest, scientific.

When he later reveals he only wants to sell it to the highest bidder and the disaster is a hoax, Donny reveals that he switched the device for an actual coffee maker when Torben wasn't looking.

Source: Stolen MacGuffin Reveal
Scooby-Doo Hoax: The series was using this as a standard device before the trope namer was born.

Source: Literature / Simon Ark

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