Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hocus-pocus
1 sense of hocus-pocus
Sense 1
trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery -- (verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way)
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception -- (a misleading falsehood)