Imposture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or instance of engaging in deception under an assumed name or identity.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practised, usually under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition.
  • n. An imposing or putting; imposition, or an imposition; that which is imposed or laid on.
  • n. Synonyms Trick, cheat.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pretending to be another person
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deception    dissimulation    dissembling    deceit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cheat    imposition    trick    fraud    delusion    cheating   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deceit    misrepresentation    humbug    untruth    knavery    hoax    forgery    duplicity    baseness    falsehood   
     
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