Meaning of 'hoax' in Chichewa is: chopusitsira

hoax: chopusitsira

Noun:

chonyengezera, chopusitsira, jang'ala, lotereli, mwana, mpweya, mphepo, ulamuliro, kudzitama, chinyengo, kukayika, adzadabwitsa, chithunzi.

Verb:

chonyengezera, chopusitsira, mwana, kuononga, kunyengeza, chinyengo, ubweya, kukomeza, kunyenga, yabodza, tsenga, akhungu, mphepo.

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Noun(1) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage(2) something intended to deceive(3) deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage(4) trick
Verb(1) subject to a playful hoax or joke(2) subject to a palyful hoax or joke(3) trick

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(1) they recognized the plan as a hoax(2) I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to hoax me.(3) the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax(4) Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate hoax with a master hidden inside making the moves.(5) But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious hoax call.(6) To be more precise, it began with a hoax newspaper story in Chicago.(7) he was accused of making hoax calls(8) A hoax bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day.(9) a hoax 999 call(10) A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate hoax .(11) The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the hoax call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly.(12) As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate hoax .(13) It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a hoax emergency call to colleagues.(14) A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate hoax by Irish pranksters.(15) These hoax messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people.(16) It's not beyond people to conduct elaborate online hoaxes for any number of reasons that all really boil down to a means of getting attention.