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n.Someone who pretends to be someone else with the intention of deceiving others, usually to gain some benefit.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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imposter — impostor UK [ɪmˈpɒstə(r)] / US [ɪmˈpɑstər] or imposter UK / US noun [countable] Word forms impostor : singular impostor plural impostors someone who pretends to be someone else, in order to trick people … English dictionary
imposter — noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses • Syn: ↑impostor, ↑pretender, ↑fake, ↑faker, ↑fraud, ↑sham, ↑shammer, ↑pseudo, ↑pseud, ↑role play … Useful english dictionary
Imposter Hutia — Taxobox name = Imposter Hutia status = EX status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Capromyidae genus = Hexolobodon species = H. phenax binomial = Hexolobodon phenax binomial… … Wikipedia
imposter — noun see impostor … New Collegiate Dictionary
imposter — noun Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity or other devious disguise … Wiktionary
imposter — see impostor … English dictionary
imposter — n. one who pretends to be something he is not in order to deceive others, impersonator, pretender (also impostor); person who determines the rate of customs duty on imports … English contemporary dictionary
imposter — im·pos·ter … English syllables
imposter — [ɪmˈpɒstə] noun [C] someone who pretends to be someone else … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
imposter — One who pretends to be somebody other than who he is, with intent to deceive; a faker, charlatan; mountebank. See also impersonation personate … Black's law dictionary
