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sham

  [sham] noun, adjective, verb, shammed, sham⋅ming.
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–noun
1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
2. a person who shams; shammer.
3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
–adjective
4. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
5. designed, made, or used as a sham.
–verb (used with object)
6. to produce an imitation of.
7. to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.
–verb (used without object)
8. to make a false show of something; pretend.
Origin:
1670–80; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
1. pretense. 4. spurious, make-believe, simulated, mock. See false. 6. imitate. 7. feign, fake.

Antonyms:
4. genuine.
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Slang Dictionary
cham [ʃæm(i)]

and chammy; sham; shammy
  1. n.
    champagne. : Would you like a little more shammy? , I want the biggest bottle of cham you got!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sham  (n.)
1677, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," perhaps from sham, a northern dialectal variant of shame (q.v.). Sense of "Something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." The adj. is attested from 1681; the verb from 1677. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sham
Function: adjective
: not genuine : intended to mislead or deceive : FALSE, ILLUSORY sham transfer of property>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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