† imposturagen.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of an impostor; imposture.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
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defraudc1450
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humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 230 Pardon my imposturage.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 127 To impute to the devils invention, or to count them any hurtfull imposturage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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