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Noun: hocus-pocus  'how-kus 'pow-kus
  1. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    - trickery, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery

Derived forms: hocus-pocuses

Type of: deceit, deception, misrepresentation

Encyclopedia: Hocus-pocus