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The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

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  1. n. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
  2. n. pretending to be another person
  3. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson. Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
  4. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under afalse or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures.Johnson.
  5. n:100 n. pretending to be another person