Humbug /(?)/

1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.

imp. & p. p. Humbugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging

1. To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.