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.