Voodoo

Noun

 * 1) A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.
 * 2) Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
 * 3)  Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

Verb

 * 1) To enchant someone or something using voodoo

Thesaurus
alchemy, amulet, bad influence, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchery, cantrip, charm, conjurer, curse, demonize, diabolize, divination, enchant, enchanter, enchantment, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, exorciser, exorcist, fetish, fetishism, fylfot, gammadion, glamour, good-luck charm, gramarye, hex, hoodoo, ill wind, incantational, incantatory, jinx, juju, jujuism, love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, mage, magian, magic, magus, malevolent influence, malocchio, mascot, medicine man, mumbo jumbo, mundunugu, natural magic, necromancer, necromancy, necromantic, numinous, obeah, obeah doctor, obsess, overlook, periapt, philter, phylactery, possess, rune, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, shaman, shamanic, shamanism, shamanist, shamanistic, sorcerer, sorcerous, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sudarium, swastika, sympathetic magic, talisman, talismanic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgic, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, unspeller, vampirism, veronica, voodooism, voodooist, voodooistic, wanga, wangateur, warlock, weird, whammy, white magic, witch, witch doctor, witch master, witch-finder, witchcraft, witchery, witchlike, witchman, witchwork, witchy, wizard, wizardlike, wizardly, wizardry