impostor

impostor
n
1. deceiver, bamboozler, hoodwinker, trickster, pettifogger; misleader, bluff, bluffer, Inf. fourflusher, deluder, duper; cheat, cheater, Inf. gyp or gypper, swindler, Archaic. chouser, chiseler, Inf. did-dler, defrauder, bilker; exploiter, confidence man, Sl. con man, Sl. rip-off artist, Sl. flimflam man, smooth or fast talker; sharper, sharpie, shark.
2. masquerader, humbug, wolf in sheep's clothing, dissembler, hypocrite, pharisee; pretender, fake, Inf. faker, fraud, sham, phony; charlatan, quack, mountebank, Inf. shyster.

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  • impostor — UK [ɪmˈpɒstə(r)] / US [ɪmˈpɑstər] or imposter UK / US noun [countable] Word forms impostor : singular impostor plural impostors someone who pretends to be someone else, in order to trick people …   English dictionary

  • impostor — im·pos·tor or im·pos·ter /im päs tər/ n: one that assumes a false identity or title for the purpose of deception: impersonator Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. impostor …   Law dictionary

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