imposture

  • 21imposture — Synonyms and related words: acting, affectation, appearance, artifice, attitudinizing, ballot box stuffing, bluff, bluffing, bunco, cardsharping, charlatanism, charlatanry, cheat, cheating, color, coloring, copy, copying, counterfeit,… …

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  • 22imposture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. masquerade, pretense; fraud, deception; impersonation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deceit, deception, hoax; see deception 1 , trick 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An indirect, usually cunning means… …

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  • 23imposture — im|pos|ture [ ım pastʃər ] noun count or uncount VERY FORMAL the behavior of an impostor …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24imposture — im pos·ture || ɪm pÉ‘stʃə(r) / pÉ’s n. deception, fraud …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25imposture — noun an instance of assuming a false identity …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26imposture — n. Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, hoax, fraud, delusion, artifice, ruse, dodge, wile, deceit, stratagem, chouse, crafty device …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27imposture — noun (U) formal a situation in which someone tricks people by pretending to be someone else …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28imposture — n 1. imposition, exploitation, swindle, swindling, defraudation, bunco, misrepresentation; hoax, trick, artifice, wile, ruse; deception, duplicity, double dealing, sharping, sharking; cheating, trickery, cozenage, chicanery, knavery; confidence… …

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  • 29imposture — im·pos·ture …

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  • 30imposture — /ɪmˈpɒstʃə/ (say im poschuh) noun 1. the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others. 2. deception practised under an assumed character or name, as by an impostor. 3. an instance or piece of fraudulent imposition. {Late Latin… …