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"considered a hoax" Pick the option in which the meaning of 'hoax' is NOT the same as it is in the passage.

A) It was all an accident, a hoax he had perpetrated on himself.

B) The number of hoax calls in the county has risen by twenty three percent over the past five years.

C) Detectives are investigating a hoax call which led to the evacuation of an office block.

D) He was threatened with jail if evidence of a hoax was discovered.