hoax

noun 1 something intended to deceive Synonym: fraud fraudulence dupery humbug put-on

verb 1 subject to a playful hoax or joke Synonym: pull someone's leg play a joke on ^[2] 

N-COUNT 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. 謊報 ^[1] 

Virus hoax 病毒惡作劇 ; 惡 ; 惡作劇電子郵件 ; 病毒

Hoax Liverpool 奧克斯利物浦酒店

Hoax virus 愚弄病毒 ; 病毒惡作劇

coax hoax 哄騙與欺騙

The Hoax 騙局 ; 片 ; 大亨偽傳 ; 招搖撞騙

Also hoax 還會惡作劇

Hotmail hoax 愚弄郵件

spreading hoax 散佈謠言 ^[1] 

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

他們成了一大騙局的上當受騙者。

Several people have taken photos, but at least one of them was a hoax.

有幾個人拍到過照片,但肯定有些是騙局。

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後被判有罪。 ^[2]