Reference meaning

hocus

verb·Reference

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To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.

Other meanings

2. verb

To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).

3. verb

To drug (liquor).

4. verb

To adulterate (food).

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