imposture
noun
[ ɪmˈpɒstʃə ]
• an instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others.
• "I discovered the imposture as soon as her doppelgänger arrived"
Similar:
misrepresentation,
pretence,
deceit,
deception,
duping,
cheating,
trickery,
artifice,
subterfuge,
hoax,
trick,
ruse,
dodge,
blind,
wile,
fraudulence,
fraud,
swindling,
charlatanry,
quackery,
con,
con trick,
scam,
sting,
flimflam,
kidology,
wheeze,
codology,
Origin:
mid 16th century: via French from late Latin impostura, from Latin imposit- ‘imposed upon’, from the verb imponere (see impose).
