1. hocus-pocus - Noun
2. hocus-pocus - Verb
3. hocus-pocus - Interjection
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Source: WordNethocus pocus
The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it. Charles Macklin
I mumble hocus-pocus and the next thing you know, I'm a cat. (Ravyn) I suppose it's a step up. The last guy I had in my house could only turn into a beer-drinking pig. (Susan) Sherrilyn Kenyon
If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets. Lucretius
I do not believe that Obama is smarter than anybody else. I do not believe he has cut a new path and is a politician unlike any we've ever seen regarding his intellect. I don't believe any of this hocus-pocus. I didn't believe it when they said it about Hillary Clinton, Smartest Woman in the World. Rush Limbaugh
Old Rossum thought only of his godless hocus-pocus and young Rossum of his billions. And that wasn't the dream of your R. U. R. shareholders either. They dreamed of the dividends. And on those dividends humanity will perish. Karel Čapek
CS: You’ve composed heavy dramas such as The Passion of the Christ and Hacksaw Ridge with Mel Gibson, and then also lighter fare like Ice Age and Hocus Pocus. Source: Internet