disguise

disguise
v
1. camouflage, costume, put into a costume, change the appearance or looks of, dress [s.o.] up; cloak, mask, veil, shroud, ensconce, cover up; cover, cover over, conceal, hide.
2. misrepresent, falsify, deceive, give a false picture of or appearance to; fake, fudge, feign, masquerade as, simulate, act, put on; dissemble, dissimulate, gloss over, varnish, muffle, garble.
n
3. camouflage, mask, cloak, incognito; covering, concealment, blind, screen, veil; costume, masquerade, outfit, Inf. getup.
4. guise, pretense, appearance, semblance, cover, cover-up; show, window dressing, veneer, facade, false front, Inf. front; deception, trickery, ruse, smoke screen, artifice, subterfuge, dissimulation

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  • disguise — I noun artifice, camouflage, caricature, cloak, concealment counterfeit, cover, covering, deception, deceptive covering, dissimulation, facade, faking, false appearance, false colors, false copy, false front, guise, hiding, imitation, mask,… …   Law dictionary

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