HOCUS-POCUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: hocus-pocussed    , hocus-pocussing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Synonyms:

hanky panky; hocus-pocus; jiggery-pokery; skulduggery; skullduggery; slickness; trickery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hocus-pocus" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

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