imposture
[noun]
Synonyms: cheat, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fake, fiddle, flam, flimflam, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, mare's nest, phony, put-on, rig, sell, sham, spoof, swindle

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Related Words: copy, imitation, fabrication, forgery, artifice, feint, gambit, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile, make-believe, pretense, pretension

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imposture noun

1. an act of tricking people deliberately by pretending to be somebody else
   Word Originmid 16th cent.: via French from late Latin impostura, from Latin imposit- ‘imposed upon’, from the verb imponere ‘inflict, deceive’ (from in- ‘in, upon’ + ponere ‘put’).

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