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    HOCUS-POCUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: hocus-pocussed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, hocus-pocussing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayplay

    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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