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hocuses
We have found lemma(root) word of hocuses : hocus.
Definitions
[ˈhəʊkəs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- deceive (someone)
(e.g: it is designed to hocus the people)
- stupefy (someone) with drugs, typically for a criminal purpose
(e.g: he was hocussed at supper and lost £800)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus ‘trickery’, from hocus-pocus
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