impersonate
verb
[ ɪmˈpəːs(ə)neɪt ]
• pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud.
• "it's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer"
Similar:
imitate,
mimic,
do an impression of,
ape,
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty,
mock,
satirize,
lampoon,
masquerade as,
pose as,
pass oneself off as,
profess to be,
purport to be,
represent oneself as,
take off,
do,
spoof,
send up,
make like,
monkey,
personate,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘personify’): from in-2 ‘into’ + Latin persona ‘person’, on the pattern of incorporate .
