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Meanings of
impostor
in English
Russian
имперсонатор
Portuguese
impostor
Catalan
impostor
Spanish
impostor
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A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
fraud
fake
sham
pseudo
pretender
imposter
faker
pseud
shammer
role player
Related terms
occupation
Russian
имперсонатор
A person who acts dishonestly.
cheat
swindler
slicker
deceiver
trickster
cheater
Synonyms
Examples for "
fraud
"
fraud
fake
sham
pseudo
pretender
Examples for "
fraud
"
1
Though not above vote
fraud
,
he considered violence counterproductive; it disturbed unnecessarily.
2
Personal use of government - or company - equipment is considered
fraud
.
3
Ahead of the result, allegations of various forms of
fraud
have emerged.
4
None of the claims involve criminal or common law
fraud
,
Davis said.
5
The company helps government agencies track down terrorists and uncover financial
fraud
.
1
But making fact checking yet another industry may simply institutionalise
fake
news.
2
Police haven't said whether that number included any of the
fake
forms.
3
The main issue at hand, right now, is rooting out
fake
news.
4
Public anxiety over cases of
fake
or toxic food often spreads quickly.
5
Now, he's working to solve a much harder AI problem:
fake
news.
1
Animals were randomly divided into CCD group,
sham
group, and control group.
2
However, rebels fighting for independence dismiss the poll as a political
sham
.
3
Results: There were no adverse effects of the
sham
or treatment protocols.
4
Ovx placebo and
sham
operated animals served as negative and positive controls.
5
Another problem which had sent her into the
sham
escape of PTR.
1
Come forward, stand up, fight the
pseudo
-
science
and speak up, he said.
2
But the true hunters, too, know that this
pseudo
-
hunting
is second best.
3
Kinetic and equilibrium data follow
pseudo
-
second
order and Langmuir isotherm model, respectively.
4
The
pseudo
-
second
-
order
kinetic model provided the best correlation to the experimental results.
5
The kinetic studies indicated that the kinetic data followed the
pseudo
-
second
-
order
model.
1
Prussia demanded the expulsion of the
pretender
;
to which Austria said no.
2
About the time of the Paris
pretender
in the kingdom of Naples.
3
The ideal of China is sincerity but an actor is a
pretender
.
4
The
pretender
braced himself for the scrutiny the eyes made of him.
5
You show more determination than I had thought possible for a
pretender
.
1
Most people are well aware that the internet is an
imposter
's
paradise.
2
By playing the
imposter
and winning your way into an unsuspecting confidence.
3
And I'd known that the Piper at the Hyatt was an
imposter
.
4
At times he confessed to her that he felt like an
imposter
.
5
They are making a dreadful accusation, saying that I am an
imposter
.
1
Ailbhe Malone decides if she is a
faker
or a shaker.
2
If his shock was faked, he was a damn good
faker
.
3
He was playing the violin for a
faker
on the town common this afternoon.
4
The judges can see you're
faker
than a knockoff Vuitton.
5
He's the
faker
!
He pulled on York's muttonchops, yanking him down to the floor.
1
If you wanted to go the full
pseud
,
you could call it a pre-goal.
2
Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk, by Peter Morris the Odontist
(
pseud
.
)
3
You simply can't do that kind of thing if you're a fake or a
pseud
.
4
The Laureate of the Bluestockings, Stella;
pseud
.
5
The Stones arranged for Peggy to stay with friends of theirs: Jim & Dina Rose
(
pseud
.
)
1
The sham is often so perfect an image of the reality that even the
shammer
is deceived.
2
You are such a lovely
shammer
.
3
After examining Sergeant Mock's feet for twenty minutes, and testing the skin as well, he pronounced Mock a
shammer
.
4
They are
shammers
and deceivers.
5
"He's quite right, sir," said Harry Girdwood, "you are inimitable as a
shammer
.
"
1
Don't knock a 10-year veteran
role
player
that may have played on a few teams.
2
While Tampa Bay got a significant talent back, Dallas was without a key veteran
role
player
.
3
Pyatt, who has six goals this season, is a
role
player
and not an obvious choice for a shootout.
4
Still, he was a solid contributor for many years after that and remained a respectable
role
player
until the end.
5
It offers a number of Interactive Exercises in the form of candidate and
role
player
instructions and provides guidance on the completed exercises.
Usage of
impostor
in English
1
The
journalistic
-
impostor
ruse would require higher approval if proposed today, he wrote.
2
He was an
impostor
in the most determined sense of the term.
3
This can be achieved by: Reacting quickly to undo the
impostor
's
sabotages.
4
But I was growing weary of the voice of the old
impostor
.
5
A common man, an
impostor
,
a felon, was never thus waited upon.
6
That was the surest and best proof of his being an
impostor
.
7
He regarded the Californian as an
impostor
and summary action was necessary.
8
He was in great alarm, for he knew Roy was no
impostor
.
9
I am no
impostor
,
my Lord, nor have I deserved opprobrious language.
10
For then Iris would be Clara's cousin-Clara'scousin-andthe other an
impostor
.
11
Now bear in mind, first, that Balaam is no
impostor
or magician.
12
Then it would probably have been supposed that you were an
impostor
.
13
I know that you have intimated that I may be an
impostor
.
14
TRYGAEUS And I also, that you are a glutton and an
impostor
.
15
Then the house declared Fuller a notorious
impostor
,
cheat, and false accuser.
16
No boy of such a noble countenance could possibly be an
impostor
.
Other examples for "impostor"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
impostor
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mere impostor
old impostor
wretched impostor
denounce the impostor
damned impostor
More collocations
Translations for
impostor
Russian
имперсонатор
самозванец
Portuguese
impostor
impostora
Catalan
impostor
farsant
farsaire
ensibornador
entabanador
engalipador
Spanish
impostor
impostoras
impostora
impostores
embaucador
Impostor
through the time
Impostor
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common