The meaning of Imposture

noun

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

Usage examples:

An industry dominated by artifice

noun

(the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive

Usage examples:

Amazingly for hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice.

adjective

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

Usage examples:

A blind man with a stick

verb

Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily.

Usage examples:

The injury temporarily blinded him

noun

A screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats.

Usage examples:

She pulled down the blinds

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Usage examples:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Usage examples:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

noun

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

Usage examples:

A web of deceit

noun

Speech or behavior that keeps the truth hidden

Usage examples:

All we hear from them are lies and deceit., she just assumes that elected leaders are cynical and d…

noun

Dishonest or illegal methods used by a person or organization in order to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

Usage examples:

The company filed a legal claim alleging deceit and breach of contract.

noun

The action of deceiving someone.

Usage examples:

Obtaining property by deception

verb

Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun

A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.

Usage examples:

A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb

A quick evasive movement

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Usage examples:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

Usage examples:

Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

noun

The act of deceiving someone, for example, to get money

Usage examples:

Identity theft wasn't even recognized as a form of fraudulence until recently.

noun

A humorous or malicious deception.

Usage examples:

The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax

verb

Trick or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax i was hoaxed myself.

noun

The action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

Usage examples:

She is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation

noun

The act of giving false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Usage examples:

The statement is a clear and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts., tobacco companies were cha…

noun

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Usage examples:

His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

noun

A way of behaving that is intended to deceive people

Usage examples:

She made absolutely no pretence of being interested., they kept up (= continued) a pretence of norm…

noun

Dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.

Usage examples:

A website dedicated to exposing medical quackery

noun

Medical methods that do not work and are only intended to make money

noun

An action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

Usage examples:

Emma tried to think of a ruse to get paul out of the house

proper noun

An industrial city and the principal port of bulgaria, on the river danube; population 156,959 (2008). turkish during the middle ages, it was captured by russia in 1877 and ceded to bulgaria.

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

noun

A dishonest scheme; a fraud.

Usage examples:

An insurance scam

verb

Swindle.

Usage examples:

A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings

noun

A dishonest or illegal plan or activity, esp. one for making money

Usage examples:

She was involved in an insurance scam, collecting on false accident claims.

noun

Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

Usage examples:

He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions

noun

An action taken to hide something from someone

Usage examples:

[ u ] his excuse sounded more like subterfuge than a real reason.

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Usage examples:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Usage examples:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

Present participle of swindle

Usage examples:

They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars., the wealthy banker was ultimately conv…

noun

A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.

Usage examples:

He's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick

verb

Cunningly deceive or outwit.

Usage examples:

Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards

adjective

Intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.

Usage examples:

A trick question

noun

The practice of deception.

Usage examples:

The dealer resorted to trickery

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young