I. noun
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He was a sham and a liar.
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She believed Rodney's sudden change in attitude was only a sham .
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The competition has been exposed as a complete sham .
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The election was a sham . Officials intimidated peasants into voting for the government candidates, or simply stuffed the ballot boxes.
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These immigrants entered into sham marriages just to stay in the country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I carry no brief for smoking, but that report was a sham .
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It all turned out to be sham and hypocrisy.
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It was an open secret that the marriage had become a complete sham , Watson.
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Our so-called democracy is a complete sham and an insult to the electorate.
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The shams and the profiteers would also be passed over.
II. adjective
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Here we go, Mitchell thought, still smiling with sham crusading fellowship of the heaven-bound yet unable to speak.
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The suit said Streich Lang allowed Western to engage in sham real-estate deals that recorded bogus profits.
III. verb
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And they delivered these fibs with such facility that it was clear that shamming to outsiders was the habit of centuries.
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But had he really been ill or had he been shamming, crafty sick to give himself extra time in Leeds?
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He put them on, and peered round the room, hunching his shoulders, shamming the old scholar.