Other Words for Hocus-pocus

Hocus-Pocus as a Noun has these synonyms:

sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, magic, conjuring, jugglery

Example: From the earliest days religion has had its share of hocus-pocus.

trickery, chicanery, deceit, deception, artifice, cheat, duplicity, mischief, hoax, humbug, trick, swindle, pretence, con (game), jiggery-pokery, flimflam, hanky-panky

Example: He tried some hocus-pocus on the company books but was caught.

Hocus-Pocus as a Verb has these synonyms:

mumbo-jumbo, abracadabra, incantation, nonsense, rigmarole, gibberish, gobbledegook

Example: The medicine man muttered some hocus-pocus over the body, which began to rise into the air.

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