hoaxer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈhəʊk.sər/ us/ˈhoʊk.sɚ/
恶作剧者
a person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not
If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done.
A bomb hoaxer brought chaos to the city with a false threat. 一个炸弹恶作剧者用这个虚假的威胁让这座城市陷入了混乱。
See: hoax
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- There are plenty of hoaxers both in the real world and online.
- In most cases, a scientific hoaxer is found out within a few years and disgraced.
- The state Attorney General's office wants to reduce the number of people taken in by scammers, hucksters, and hoaxers.