voodoo

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

“I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.”

One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

To bewitch someone or something using voodoo

“He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.”