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Hocus-pocus (Noun)

Meaning

Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

  • The salesman's hocus-pocus about the car's exceptional mileage and performance sounded good, but turned out to be utterly false.
  • She was wary of his smooth talk, thinking it was just a bunch of hocus-pocus to get her to invest in his shady business scheme.
  • The company's advertising claims were exposed as hocus-pocus, as independent testing revealed the product's actual performance to be inferior to that claimed.
  • Before making any big purchases, it's essential to separate fact from hocus-pocus and verify the authenticity of the seller's claims.
  • He suspected the real estate agent was engaging in hocus-pocus, so he decided to have the property inspected by an independent expert.

Synonyms

  • Hanky Panky
  • Skulduggery
  • Skullduggery
  • Slickness
  • Trickery
  • Jiggery-pokery

Hypernyms

  • Misrepresentation
  • Deception
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