impostor

im·pos·tor

or im·pos·ter I0063700 (ĭm-pŏs′tər)n. One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.

[French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus, past participle of impōnere, to place upon; see impose.]

impostor

(ɪmˈpɒstə) or

imposter

na person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan[C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see impose]

im•pos•tor

or im•post•er

(ɪmˈpɒs tər)

n. a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name. [1580–90; < Late Latin, = Latin impos(i)-, variant s. of impōnere to deceive, place on, impose]

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impostor - a person who makes deceitful pretensesfaker, imposter, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fakebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truename dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friendsringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

impostor

noun fraud, cheat, fake, impersonator, rogue, deceiver, sham, pretender, hypocrite, charlatan, quack, trickster, knave (archaic), phoney or phony (informal) He was an imposter who masqueraded as a doctor.

impostor

nounOne who fakes:charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack.

Translations

冒名顶替者

impostor

(imˈpostə) noun a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person. 冒名顶替者

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noun fraud

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noun one who fakes

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noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses

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