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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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sham   (shām)   
n.  

  1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.

  2. The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense.

  3. One who assumes a false character; an impostor: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).

  4. A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it: a pillow sham.

adj.  Not genuine; fake: sham diamonds; sham modesty.
v.   shammed, sham·ming, shams

v.   tr.
To put on the false appearance of; feign: "shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone" (John Wain).
v.   intr.
To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.

[Perhaps dialectal variant of shame.]
sham'mer n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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