imposter

imposter

charlatan, fake, fraud, pretender: He claimed to be a prince, but he was only an imposter.
Not to be confused with:imposture – the act of deceiving by assuming a false identity; fraud, hoax, swindle

im·pos·tor

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

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

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imposter - a person who makes deceitful pretensesfaker, impostor, 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

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