humbuggery

1 tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug

2 those UFO stories are a lot of humbug

3 humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being

4 Well then, the author cannot be blamed for what might be called the worldwide humbug over the robots.

5 Mean One features David Howard Thornton, known for playing Art the Clown in the Terrifier movies, as a familiar-looking green-skinned humbug in a Santa suit, living on a mountain high above the small town town of Newville.

6 His bah-humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line.

7 Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism.

8 As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs).

9 Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs, animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all.

10 Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive.

11 Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs.

12 In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax.

1 欺骗

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2 欺诈

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3 诡诈

wise subtle artful calculating roguish perfidious captious ambidexter catch knavery

4 诈骗

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