imposture / ɪmˈpɒs tʃər /

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imposture 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
  2. deception using an assumed character, identity, or name, as by an impostor.
  3. an instance or piece of fraudulent imposition.

imposture 近义词

n. 名词 noun

fraud, trick

更多imposture例句

  1. Even after the imposture was revealed, however, Taliban leaders remained positive that that their trick could still work.
  2. The imposture was discovered, and the poor girl confessed to the wicked trickery which her parents had taught her to practise!
  3. We do not pretend to justify either his ignorance or his imposture; but we cannot condemn his doctrine of one only God.
  4. By dint of imposture, he outwits them; yet, in consequence of his miracles and illusions, he at length discovers himself.
  5. The hero of The Odyssey was, self-confessedly, no tyro, but was himself “in artifice well framed and in imposture various”.
  6. Imagine the indignation of the creditor upon the discovery of the imposture!