NOUN
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
How To Use hocus-pocus In A Sentence
- It also means the expert deception of the senses by the tricks of a conjurer, so-called hocus-pocus and fraud, and a magician is either an evil-minded, superstitious mortal, fool enough to believe in charms, or an expert pretender and imposter of the first water, who cheats and deceives the people. The light of Egypt; or, The science of the soul and the stars
- He never offers specifics; it's all hocus-pocus.
- ‘Maybe you'd prefer abracadabra hocus-pocus,’ said Madi nastily, and the room was filled with pretty multicoloured sparkles which eventually faded away.
- I like the simple, durable types that have manual controls - no electronic hocus-pocuses.
- More evidence of religious hocus-pocus over substance?
- In Canada, Codan is a farm involved in some Stygian hocus-pocus, breeding genetically altered sheep, and is where I found this delightful picture ... Codan the Barbarian!
- But everything else in this ‘investigation’ is not much more than editorial hocus-pocus.
- He was hocus-pocussed into buying an artificial diamond ring.
- One look at what s on the table, and we're aware of the reasons behind your juvenile hocus-pocus games. INCA GOLD
- On December 1st, 2009 at 11: 35 am, “Hocus-pocus” – The Taste Makers in the NYer | Dr Vino's wine blog wrote: WSJ: wine-rating system is badly flawed | Dr Vino's wine blog
