Translations for „hoax“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . hoax [həʊks, Am hoʊks] N

hoax (deception)

Täuschung f

hoax (trick)

Trick m

hoax (joke)

Streich m

hoax (false alarm)

falscher [o. blinder] Alarm

bomb hoax

vorgetäuschte Bombendrohung

II . hoax [həʊks, Am hoʊks] ADJ

hoax

vorgetäuscht

hoax caller

jd, der telefonisch falschen Alarm auslöst

III . hoax [həʊks, Am hoʊks] VB trans

to hoax sb

jdn [he]reinlegen inf

to hoax sb

jdm einen Bären aufbinden inf

she hoaxed him into financing the project

durch falsche Informationen brachte sie ihn dazu, das Projekt zu finanzieren

the police were hoaxed into evacuating the area but there was no bomb

die Polizei wurde in die Irre geführt und evakuierte die Gegend, aber es wurde keine Bombe gefunden

to hoax sb into believing [or thinking] sth

jdm etw weismachen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

hoax caller

jd, der telefonisch falschen Alarm auslöst

bomb hoax

vorgetäuschte Bombendrohung

literary hoax

Zeitungs[ente] f

to perpetrate a hoax on sb

jdm einen Streich spielen

to hoax sb into believing [or thinking] sth

jdm etw weismachen

he is the victim of a cruel hoax

ihm wurde übel mitgespielt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The security personnel, however, suspected a hoax, and did not respond quickly enough to evacuate the facility before the explosion.

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The sculptures and packaging, along with the professional-appearing hoax website, are so realistic that observers are often fooled.

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However, the possibility that it may be a hoax has been raised.

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According to the report, which was added later to the same site, the hoax lowered visit count and visit-to-download rate.

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The conference eventually appeared to be a hoax.

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She called it absolutely indefensible and said it reminded her of hoax cancer blogs.

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The hoax became a scandal and demonstrated the shortcomings of many paranormal research projects at the university level.

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The news had spread over a number of social networking sites although it was quickly exposed as a hoax.

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Controversy still swirls over whether the book was a satiric hoax about think-tank logic and writing style or the product of a secret government panel.

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But it turned out to be a hoax.

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