Meaning of the word hoodoo in English

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hoodoo

US /ˈhuː.duː/
UK /ˈhuː.duː/

Noun

1.

a set of magical beliefs and practices that originally belonged to West Africans brought to North America and the Caribbean as slaves, which are linked to the religion of voodoo:

Example:
Haitian folklore told tales of dead people whose bodies were awakened by hoodoo.
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