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,… …
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… …
23imposture — im|pos|ture [ ım pastʃər ] noun count or uncount VERY FORMAL the behavior of an impostor …
24imposture — im pos·ture || ɪm pÉ‘stʃə(r) / pÉ’s n. deception, fraud …
25imposture — noun an instance of assuming a false identity …
26imposture — n. Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, hoax, fraud, delusion, artifice, ruse, dodge, wile, deceit, stratagem, chouse, crafty device …
27imposture — noun (U) formal a situation in which someone tricks people by pretending to be someone else …
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… …
29imposture — im·pos·ture …
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… …