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1. (n.) impostor
a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
Etymology: (1580–90; < LL, = L impos(i)-, var. s. of impōnere to deceive, place on, impose)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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1. (noun) impostor
one who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender
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Sense: a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person.
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 Afrikaans: bedrieër |
 Arabic: دَجّال، مُحْتال |
 Bulgarian: измамник |
 Brazilian: impostor |
 Czech: podvodník |
 German: der/die Betrüger(in) |
 Danish: svindler; bedrager |
 Greek: απατεώνας, τσαρλατάνος |
 Spanish: impostor |
 Estonian: isehakanu |
 Farsi: شیاد |
 Finnish: huijari |
 French: imposteur |
 Hebrew: מִתחָזֶה |
 Hindi: धोखेबाज |
 Croatian: varalica |
 Hungarian: szélhámos |
 Indonesian: gadungan |
 Icelandic: svikari, svindlari |
 Italian: impostore |
 Japanese: 詐欺師 |
 Korean: 사기꾼 |
 Lithuanian: apsimetėlis |
 Latvian: krāpnieks; blēdis |
 Malay: penyamar |
 Dutch: bedrieger |
 Norwegian: svindler, bedrager |
 Polish: uzurpator |
 Persian: شیاد |
 Pashto: غولوونكى، تبرايستونكى هغه |
 Portuguese: impostor |
 Romanian: impostor |
 Russian: самозванец |
 Slovak: podvodník |
 Slovenian: slepar |
 Serbian: varalica |
 Swedish: bedragare, skojare |
 Thai: คนที่ปลอมเป็นคนอื่น |
 Turkish: dolandırıcı, sahtekâr kim |
 Taiwanese: 冒充者 |
 Ukrainian: самозванець |
 Urdu: بناوٹی شخص |
 Vietnamese: kẻ mạo danh |
 Chinese: 冒名顶替者 |
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