Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand. · One who cheats or deceives. · Trick; trickery. · Drugged liquor.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat. · To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them). · To drug (liquor). · To adulterate (food).
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from ellipsis of hocus-pocus. The verb is from the noun.
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