1. hoax
Is the Loch Ness monster real or is it just an elaborate hoax?
Let's make hoax on him.
The telephone warning turned out to be a hoax.
Money defraudation is a hoax.
The hoax bomb threat was emailed to all senior school students at Haileybury College
It was right at 20 MHz, so you could pick it up really easily, because they were afraid that people would think it was a hoax, basically.
Arriving at the hospital, I learned the emergency call was a hoax.
To be honest, I thought it might be a hoax. But you’re on! I’ll do it.