(FALSE) [noun] [C] - a person or thing that is not what is claimedHe told people that he was a serious and well-known musician, but he was a fraud really.She described the minister's proposal as an elaborate fraud that appeared to make radical reforms but in fact changed nothing at all.
FRAUD
Meaning of FRAUD in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012