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Imposture

Imposture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imposture? [n] pretending to be another person Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imposture: impersonation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imposture: acting \| affectation \| appearance \| artifice \| attitudinizing \| ballot-box stuffing \| bluff \| bluffing \| bunco \| cardsharping \| charlatanism \| charlatanry \| cheat \| cheating \| color \| coloring \| copy \| copying \| counterfeit \| counterfeiting \| cozenage \| deceit \| deception \| delusion \| diddle \| diddling \| disguise \| dishonesty \| dissemblance \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| dodge \| emulation \| fabrication \| facade \| face \| fake \| fakery \| faking \| false air \| false front \| false show \| falsity \| feigning \| feint \| fishy transaction \| flam \| flimflam \| following \| forgery \| four-flushing \| fraud \| fraudulence \| fraudulency \| front \| gambit \| gerrymandering \| gilt \| gloss \| graft \| grift \| gyp \| gyp joint \| hit-off \| hoax \| humbug \| humbuggery \| illicit business \| imitation \| impersonation \| imposition \| impression \| make-believe \| maneuver \| masquerade \| meretriciousness \| mimesis \| mirroring \| onomatopoeia \| ostentation \| outward show \| parody \| phony \| plagiarism \| plagiary \| playacting \| ploy \| pose \| posing \| posture \| pretense \| pretension \| pretext \| put-on \| quackery \| quackishness \| quackism \| racket \| repetition \| representation \| ruse \| scam \| seeming \| semblance \| sham \| show \| simulacrum \| simulation \| sleight \| speciousness \| spoof \| swindle \| takeoff \| varnish \| wile \| window dressing See Also \| deceit \| deception \| dissembling \| dissimulation Imposture In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pos"ture\, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See {Impone}.] The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. --Johnson. Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.

Imposture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imposture?

[n] pretending to be another person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imposture: impersonation

See Also | deceit | deception | dissembling | dissimulation

Imposture In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pos"ture\, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See
{Impone}.]
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under
a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

      From new legends And fill the world with follies and
      impostures.                              --Johnson.

Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.

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