hocus

v

1. trick, practice trickery or deception upon, deceive, hoodwink, jockey; dupe, gull, take in, cozen, befool, Archaic. chouse; humbug, Inf. flimflam, Inf. practice upon; cheat, bilk, swindle, defraud, palm off, job, victimize, diddle; hoax, betray, Inf. sell out, play false; mislead, bluff, beguile, delude, impose upon, mystify, bamboozle, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes; fake, counterfeit, dissemble, dissimulate, sham, pretend, Brit. Inf. gammon; bait, lure, entice, inveigle, ensnare, snare, entangle, entrap, trap, deacon; circumvent, outwit, outmaneuver, overreach, evade.

2. drug, narcotize, Sl. dope or dope up; stupefy, deaden, dull, blunt; anesthetize, numb, benumb, paralyze, render insensible or incompetent; corrupt, adulterate, treat, alter, contaminate, doctor, falsify.