The discovery was proven to be a deliberate hoax in 1953.

On a more fundamental level, it is entirely possible that the messages originating the story were deliberate hoaxes.

In wartime and times of international tension rumours abound, some of which may be deliberate hoaxes.

If Rainsford per-sists in making any such claim, we will brand it as a deliberate hoax.

"How do we know he's not perpetrating a deliberate hoax?"

Although Nebraska man was not a deliberate hoax, the original classification proved to be a mistake.

"But it was a deliberate hoax," Alexios said, as sympathetically as he could manage.

However, contrary to the Piltdown Man, "Archaeoraptor" was not a deliberate hoax.

However, the entire affair was a deliberate hoax.

The Victoria Daily Colonist could not find the origin of the reports and branded them a deliberate hoax.