imposture

Significat (Anglès)

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition

Conceptes

imitació

frau

picardia

impostura

Sinònims

fraud

deceit

hoax

trickery

deception

cheating

humbug

imposition

trick

swindling

swindle

quackery

hypocrisy

bilk

dupery

delusion

cheat

sham

deceitfulness

impersonation

fallacy

gag

gammon

guile

gyp

hokum

hoodwinker

imitation

jockey

knave

lie

ploy

pretence

pretense

quibbling

scam

sophism

sophistry

spoof

stratagem

swindler

treachery

wangle

hokey-pokey

humbuggery

hypocrisv

dishonest action

underhand action

astuteness

jiggery pokery

Traduccions

Betrug

impostura

hile

Schwindel

imposture

fourberie

engaño

fraude

απάτη

frode

tromperie

tep

fourbe

Schikane

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɒstjʊə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus.