hocusing
/ˈhoʊkəsɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of hocus: cheating or tricking someone, often by using deception or sleight of hand.
- The magician is hocusing the audience with a disappearing act.
- He was hocusing his friends by pretending to read their minds.
- The con artist spent the afternoon hocusing tourists out of their wallets.
- Present participle of hocus: drugging or adulterating something, especially a drink, to cause stupefaction or intoxication.
- She caught him hocusing her soda with a strange powder.
- They were hocusing the drinks at the party to make everyone sleepy.
- The villain was hocusing the wine while no one was looking.