Hocus-pocus

n.	1.	A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
	2.	A juggler or trickster.
	3.	A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense.
	4.	Obfuscating talk or elaborate but meaningless activity intended to hide a deception or to obscure what is actually happening; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
v. t.	1.	To cheat.

Noun

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hocus-pocus - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way Synonyms: hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery

abracadabra, artifice, cheat, chicanery, con game, conjuring, deceit, deception, duplicity, flimflam, gibberish, hanky-panky, hoax, humbug, incantation, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, magic, mischief, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense, prestidigitation, rigmarole, sleight of hand, swindle, trick, trickery