Flam
Spoof
Spoof verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter
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Spoof and Flam. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flam/spoof
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