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bogusbo‧gus /ˈbəʊɡəs $ ˈboʊ-/ adjective   bogusOrigin: 1800-1900 bogus ‘machine for making illegal money’ (1800-1900) - a bogus driver's license
- The child was taken away from her parents by a bogus social worker.
- The government has announced tough new measures to deal with bogus asylum-seekers.
- There has been a spate of incidents where bogus officials have called on the homes of elderly people.
- Can it indeed be bogus and worthless poetry that has obsessed critical reviewers for nearly twenty years?
- It has also sent the West numerous doubtful and bogus defectors to muddy the waters.
- Just like Harry Sherman, the night of the attack by the bogus nurse, the thought occurred to him.
- Many computer messages attacking the team and its owner were sent by people using bogus identities, Stesch said.
- The right hon. Gentleman can not put a cost on his compassion, for it is bogus.
- Their offices are bogus, their elevation self-proclaimed.
- Tommy's has had to fend off many bogus Tommy-wannabes over the years.
someone who pretends to be someone else► impostor someone who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive people and gain something such as money or power: · It was not the real Dr Frazer but an impostor.· The man registered at a Las Vegas hotel as Dustin Hoffman, and it wasn't until he left without paying his bill that people realized he was an impostor. ► charlatan someone who pretends to have special skills or knowledge, for example as a doctor or teacher, when in fact they do not: · No. She isn't a miracle worker. She isn't even a doctor. She's a complete charlatan.· Some people said that he was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived; others claimed he was a charlatan. ► bogus pretending to have a particular job or position that you do not have, in order to do something dishonest or illegal: · The government has announced tough new measures to deal with bogus asylum-seekers.bogus official/social worker/policeman etc: · The child was taken away from her parents by a bogus social worker.· There has been a spate of incidents where bogus officials have called on the homes of elderly people. not true or real, although someone is trying to make you think it is SYN false:  bogus insurance claims bogus applications for asylum |