imposture
1imposture — [ ɛ̃pɔstyr ] n. f. • 1546; emposture 1190; bas lat. impostura 1 ♦ Vieilli Action de tromper par des discours mensongers, de fausses apparences. ⇒ mensonge, tromperie. « Mentir pour son avantage à soi même est imposture » (Rousseau). 2 ♦ Littér.… …
2imposture — Imposture. s. f. L S se prononce. Calomnie, ce que l on impute faussement à quelqu un dans le dessein de luy nuire. Imposture horrible, manifeste. grossiere imposture. imposture aisée à refuter. se justifier d une imposture. il est aisé de… …
3imposture — imposture, cheat, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, deceit, deception, counterfeit all mean something which pretends to be one thing in its nature, character, or quality but is really another. Imposture applies not only to an object but to an act or… …
4Imposture — Im*pos ture, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See {Impone}.] The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. [1913 Webster] From new legends And fill the world with… …
5imposture — (n.) act of willfully deceiving others, 1530s, from M.Fr. imposture, from L.L. impostura, from impostus (see IMPOST (Cf. impost)) …
6imposture — I noun cheat, chicane, counterfeit, craft, cunning, deceit, deception, dodge, duplicity, fake, fallacia, false conduct, forgery, fraud, fraudulence, fraus, guile, hoax, hollow pretense, imitation, knavery, pretense, ruse, sham, sleight,… …
7imposture — [n] fraud, trick artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam*, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus pocus*, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make believe, maneuver, masquerade,… …
8imposture — Imposture, Impostura, Fraus, Fallacia …
9imposture — ► NOUN ▪ an instance of assuming a false identity …
10imposture — [im päs′chər] n. [Fr < LL impostura] the act or practice of an impostor; fraud; deception …
