imposture
the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
deception using an assumed character, identity, or name, as by an impostor.
an instance or piece of fraudulent imposition.
Origin of imposture
1Other words for imposture
Other words from imposture
- im·pos·trous [im-pos-truhs], /ɪmˈpɒs trəs/, im·pos·tur·ous, adjective
Words Nearby imposture
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How to use imposture in a sentence
Even after the imposture was revealed, however, Taliban leaders remained positive that that their trick could still work.
Afghanistan: The Taliban Plot to Assassinate Karzai | Sami Yousafzai | December 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe imposture was discovered, and the poor girl confessed to the wicked trickery which her parents had taught her to practise!
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankWe do not pretend to justify either his ignorance or his imposture; but we cannot condemn his doctrine of one only God.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)By dint of imposture, he outwits them; yet, in consequence of his miracles and illusions, he at length discovers himself.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachThe hero of The Odyssey was, self-confessedly, no tyro, but was himself “in artifice well framed and in imposture various”.
Archaic England | Harold Bayley
Imagine the indignation of the creditor upon the discovery of the imposture!
Art in England | Dutton Cook
British Dictionary definitions for imposture
/ (ɪmˈpɒstʃə) /
the act or an instance of deceiving others, esp by assuming a false identity
Origin of imposture
1Derived forms of imposture
- impostrous (ɪmˈpɒstrəs), impostorous (ɪmˈpɒstərəs) or imposturous, adjective
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