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imposture

/im-pos-cher/US // ɪmˈpɒs tʃər //UK // (ɪmˈpɒstʃə) //

骗局,冒牌货,骗人,骗子

Related Words

stratagem伎俩,谋略,计策,计谋cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的sleight袖手旁观,袖珍,袖子,袖珍的artifice构造,构造物,构造性,构造的hoax骗局,诈骗,哄骗,糗事pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性imitation模仿,模仿品,仿制,仿冒品fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货wile踌躇满志,诡计,狡猾,狡猾的sell出售,销售,卖,售卖impersonation冒充,冒名顶替,冒牌货,冒充他人的行为deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性imposition施加,施行,强加,强制执行ploy伎俩,套路,花招,技俩forgery伪造,伪造行为,伪造品,伪造的quackery庸医,骗人的东西,庸人自扰,庸俗的东西counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品illusion幻象,幻想,幻觉,幻影sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的maneuver活动,巧取豪夺,巧用,巧计

Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfraud, trick
Synonyms
artifice构造,构造物,构造性,构造的cheat诈骗,骗人,欺骗,骗人的con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的copy拷贝,复制,副本,复印counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性fabrication制造,制作,加工,虚构fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货feint假动作,佯攻,佯装,佯谬fiddle鼓动,鼓动人心,拨弄,鼓动性flimflam虚张声势,骗局,虚伪性,虚张声势的行为forgery伪造,伪造行为,伪造品,伪造的gambit赌博,赌法,赌注,博弈hoax骗局,诈骗,哄骗,糗事hocus-pocus变戏法,骗人,骗人的东西,骗局illusion幻象,幻想,幻觉,幻影imitation模仿,模仿品,仿制,仿冒品impersonation冒充,冒名顶替,冒牌货,冒充他人的行为imposition施加,施行,强加,强制执行make-believe虚构,虚构的,虚构事实,伪造的maneuver活动,巧取豪夺,巧用,巧计masquerade假面舞会,化妆舞会,化装舞会,伪装舞会phony虚假的,虚假,虚假性,虚伪ploy伎俩,套路,花招,技俩pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它quackery庸医,骗人的东西,庸人自扰,庸俗的东西ruse诡计,伎俩,诡计多端,骗局sell出售,销售,卖,售卖sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的sleight袖手旁观,袖珍,袖子,袖珍的spoof恶搞,恶作剧,欺骗,愚弄stratagem伎俩,谋略,计策,计谋swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人wile踌躇满志,诡计,狡猾,狡猾的

Examples

  • Even after the imposture was revealed, however, Taliban leaders remained positive that that their trick could still work.

  • The imposture was discovered, and the poor girl confessed to the wicked trickery which her parents had taught her to practise!

  • We do not pretend to justify either his ignorance or his imposture; but we cannot condemn his doctrine of one only God.

  • By dint of imposture, he outwits them; yet, in consequence of his miracles and illusions, he at length discovers himself.

  • The hero of The Odyssey was, self-confessedly, no tyro, but was himself “in artifice well framed and in imposture various”.

  • Imagine the indignation of the creditor upon the discovery of the imposture!

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