Noun

• S: (n) fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) fraudulent [Related to: fraudulence] (intended to deceive) "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
• W: (v) dupe [Related to: dupery] (fool or hoax) "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
• W: (v) hoax [Related to: hoax] (subject to a playful hoax or joke)
• W: (v) humbug [Related to: humbug] (trick or deceive)
• W: (v) put on [Related to: put-on] (fool or hoax) "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

Verb

• S: (v) hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on (subject to a playful hoax or joke)