N-COUNT
惡作劇;假警報;騙局
A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not.
例句
A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre...
一系列炸彈假警報擾亂了市中心的圣誕節購物活動。
He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否認打過惡作劇電話，但經過一番短暫的審訊后被判有罪。