noun
the act, practice, or an instance of imposing on another by use of an assumed character or name
his claims were based on imposture
Synonyms: cheat, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fake, fiddle, flam, flimflam, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, mare's nest, phony, put-on, ||rig, sell, sham, spoof, swindle
Related Word: copy, imitation; fabrication, forgery; artifice, feint, gambit, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile; make-believe, pretense, pretension