hocus

 
Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊkəs/

verb (hocusses, hocussing, hocussed or hocuses, hocusing, hocused)

[with object] archaic
  • 1deceive (someone): these people have been hocussed and cheated by the government
  • 2stupefy (someone) with drugs, typically for a criminal purpose: he was hocussed at supper and lost £800

Origin:

late 17th century: from an obsolete noun hocus 'trickery', from hocus-pocus