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Noun He claims that the trial was a sham. Their marriage was a sham. Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham. She exposed their sham and hypocrisy. Adjective a sofa upholstered in sham leather street vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists Verb She wasn't really hurt; she was only shamming. He was shamming illness to avoid work. See More

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Noun

Monica Brown, who served on a school district book review committee in Granbury, has called that process a sham.

Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022 China has dismissed that ruling, which was welcomed by the U.S. and Western allies, as a sham and continues to defy it.

Jim Gomez, ajc, 6 Aug. 2022 The four men were convicted of terrorism charges in trials widely denounced as a sham.

Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 CxL was outlawed in 2021 before the election that gave Ortega another five-year term, in a vote decried by the international community as a sham.

Washington Post, 4 July 2022 Western countries have called the convictions a sham and demanded Suu Kyi's release.

Reuters, CNN, 22 June 2022 The rumors refused to die, no matter how many times they have been exposed as a sham.

Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022 The accounts’ first wave of coordinated posts pushed Beijing’s stance that Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections were legitimate, though critics have called the vote a sham.

Steven Lee Myers, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2022 The accounts’ first wave of coordinated posts pushed Beijing’s stance that Hong Kong’s legislative council elections were legitimate, though critics have called the vote a sham.

New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022

Adjective

The company completed a feasibility study of Aviva in 2021 and recently launched a 391-person randomized control trial that will test the application’s efficacy versus a group that is receiving a sham application, containing educational content.

Mario Aguilar, STAT, 28 July 2022 Flores’ lawsuit also says this sort of sham interview has happened previously.

Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2022 The other half experienced a sham procedure that exactly resembled this—getting in the chamber, putting on the mask, and so on—but didn’t actually get the treatment.

Adam Popescu, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2022 Zelensky slammed reports Russia is preparing to hold a sham referendum in Luhansk.

Kendra Nichols, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022 Last month, a tribunal in the same breakaway territory sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan man to death, a conviction Britain described as the result of a sham trial.

Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 After a sham trial lacking due process and transparency, the Saudi court sentenced him to 20 years in prison plus a 20-year travel ban after his time served.

Areej Al-sadhan, CNN, 1 July 2022 Republicans mostly dismissed Thursday's hearings as a sham, partisan and have proved nothing.

NBC News, 12 June 2022 The Russian currency is being introduced, and reports mount that a sham referendum could be held to legitimize Russian annexation, some locals say.

Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022

Verb

Days from the vote, the race is a nail-biter — a sharp contrast with many other African countries, like Uganda and Mali, where once-high democratic hopes have given way to sham votes and military coups.

New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022 The idea of an unadulterated liberty was another sham Shura had fallen for.

Sana Krasikov, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 This past winter, as the omicron surge made PCR testing nearly impossible, sham testing sites swabbed patients’ noses but returned no results, collecting their data and then their cash.

Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 The family fraud ring created sham businesses to get many of the loans, attaching fake payrolls and forged tax returns to the applications.

Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 And local officials worry that Russia is going to hold some sham referendum to make its political occupation more permanent.

NBC News, 13 Mar. 2022 Gonzales was not trying to overturn the election results through his lawsuit, but asserting that putting up sham candidates represented ballot fraud.

Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022 Flores also contended that the Broncos and Giants conducted sham interviews, Denver’s in 2019 and New York’s during the current hiring cycle.

oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2022 Political prisoners routinely face sham legal proceedings and coerced confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2022 See More

单词	shams
释义	sham 1 of 3 noun ˈsham 1 : a trick that deludes : hoax feared that the deal was a sham 2 : cheap falseness : hypocrisy saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant Oscar Wilde 3 : an ornamental covering for a pillow 4 : an imitation or counterfeit purporting to be genuine 5 : a person who shams sham 2 of 3 adjective 1 : not genuine : false, feigned 2 : having such poor quality as to seem false sham 3 of 3 verb shammed; shamming transitive verb : to go through the external motions necessary to counterfeit intransitive verb : to act intentionally so as to give a false impression : feign shammer ˈsha-mər noun Synonyms Noun caricature cartoon farce joke mockery parody travesty Adjective artificial bogus dummy ersatz factitious fake false faux imitation imitative man-made mimic mock pretend simulated substitute synthetic Verb act affect assume bluff counterfeit dissemble fake feign pass (for) pretend profess put on simulate See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun He claims that the trial was a sham. Their marriage was a sham. Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham. She exposed their sham and hypocrisy. Adjective a sofa upholstered in sham leather street vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists Verb She wasn't really hurt; she was only shamming. He was shamming illness to avoid work. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Monica Brown, who served on a school district book review committee in Granbury, has called that process a sham. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022 China has dismissed that ruling, which was welcomed by the U.S. and Western allies, as a sham and continues to defy it. Jim Gomez, ajc, 6 Aug. 2022 The four men were convicted of terrorism charges in trials widely denounced as a sham. Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 CxL was outlawed in 2021 before the election that gave Ortega another five-year term, in a vote decried by the international community as a sham. Washington Post, 4 July 2022 Western countries have called the convictions a sham and demanded Suu Kyi's release. Reuters, CNN, 22 June 2022 The rumors refused to die, no matter how many times they have been exposed as a sham. Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022 The accounts’ first wave of coordinated posts pushed Beijing’s stance that Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections were legitimate, though critics have called the vote a sham. Steven Lee Myers, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2022 The accounts’ first wave of coordinated posts pushed Beijing’s stance that Hong Kong’s legislative council elections were legitimate, though critics have called the vote a sham. New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022 Adjective The company completed a feasibility study of Aviva in 2021 and recently launched a 391-person randomized control trial that will test the application’s efficacy versus a group that is receiving a sham application, containing educational content. Mario Aguilar, STAT, 28 July 2022 Flores’ lawsuit also says this sort of sham interview has happened previously. Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2022 The other half experienced a sham procedure that exactly resembled this—getting in the chamber, putting on the mask, and so on—but didn’t actually get the treatment. Adam Popescu, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2022 Zelensky slammed reports Russia is preparing to hold a sham referendum in Luhansk. Kendra Nichols, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022 Last month, a tribunal in the same breakaway territory sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan man to death, a conviction Britain described as the result of a sham trial. Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 After a sham trial lacking due process and transparency, the Saudi court sentenced him to 20 years in prison plus a 20-year travel ban after his time served. Areej Al-sadhan, CNN, 1 July 2022 Republicans mostly dismissed Thursday's hearings as a sham, partisan and have proved nothing. NBC News, 12 June 2022 The Russian currency is being introduced, and reports mount that a sham referendum could be held to legitimize Russian annexation, some locals say. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022 Verb Days from the vote, the race is a nail-biter — a sharp contrast with many other African countries, like Uganda and Mali, where once-high democratic hopes have given way to sham votes and military coups. New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022 The idea of an unadulterated liberty was another sham Shura had fallen for. Sana Krasikov, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 This past winter, as the omicron surge made PCR testing nearly impossible, sham testing sites swabbed patients’ noses but returned no results, collecting their data and then their cash. Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 The family fraud ring created sham businesses to get many of the loans, attaching fake payrolls and forged tax returns to the applications. Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 And local officials worry that Russia is going to hold some sham referendum to make its political occupation more permanent. NBC News, 13 Mar. 2022 Gonzales was not trying to overturn the election results through his lawsuit, but asserting that putting up sham candidates represented ballot fraud. Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022 Flores also contended that the Broncos and Giants conducted sham interviews, Denver’s in 2019 and New York’s during the current hiring cycle. oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2022 Political prisoners routinely face sham legal proceedings and coerced confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun perhaps from English dialect sham shame, alteration of English shame First Known Use Noun 1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1702, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Kids Definition sham 1 of 3 noun ˈsham 1 : something that deceives : hoax 2 : something that is claimed to be true or real but which is actually phony 3 : a decorative covering for a pillow sham 2 of 3 adjective : not real : false sham concern sham 3 of 3 verb shammed; shamming : to act in a deceiving way Medical Definition sham adjective ˈsham : being a treatment or procedure that is performed as a control and that is similar to but omits a key therapeutic element of the treatment or procedure under investigation sham surgery, in which doctors make an incision in a patient's knee and manipulate the joint, but don't clean out fluid, debris, and torn cartilage Liz Kowalczyk a sham injection of saline solution Legal Definition sham 1 of 2 noun ˈsham : something that is false, deceptive, misleading, or otherwise not genuine sham 2 of 2 adjective : not genuine : intended to mislead or deceive : false, illusory the sale for one dollar was a sham transfer of property shams 1 of 2 noun plural of sham 1 as in caricatures a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something condemned the rigged election as a total sham Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance caricatures parodies jokes farces travesties hoaxes mockeries cartoons pretenses comedies simulations burlesques phonies forgeries counterfeits fakes phoneys pretences knockoffs humbug lampoons takeoffs Antonyms & Near Antonyms tributes homages 2 as in hoaxes an imitation that is passed off as genuine the diamond turned out to be a sham Synonyms & Similar Words hoaxes counterfeits fakes reproductions forgeries phoneys phonies copies humbug replicas synthetics frauds impostures knockoffs swindles copycats bastards spoofs simulations dummies facsimiles shoddies mock-ups gaffs duffers brummagems Antonyms & Near Antonyms originals 3 as in frauds one who makes false claims of identity or expertise that supposed French movie star was a sham Synonyms & Similar Words frauds fakes pretenders charlatans deceivers misleaders impostors fakers quacks humbugs mountebanks phonies imposters phoneys fakirs actors quacksalvers counterfeiters hoaxers ringers operators dissemblers copycats imitators swindlers tricksters impersonators poseurs mimics defrauders scammers scamsters sharpers dodgers bluffers skinners feigners fraudsters cozeners duper sharpies Antonyms & Near Antonyms masters experts professionals virtuosi wizards aces adepts virtuosos authorities past masters maestros maestri crackajacks crackerjacks whizzes See More shams 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of sham as in pretends to present a false appearance of shammed a most unconvincing limp just to get sympathy Synonyms & Similar Words pretends simulates assumes counterfeits fakes acts bluffs feigns affects dissembles masquerades makes believe professes poses conceals masks passes (for) feints puts on forges dissimulates disguises playacts plays camouflages imitates impersonates lets on malingers
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