transcription, транскрипция: [ im-ˈpäs-chər ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin impostura, from Latin impositus, impostus, past participle of imponere
Date: 1537
1. : the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
2. : an instance of imposture
Synonyms:
imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine
their claim of environmental concern is an imposture
fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth
the diary was exposed as a fraud
sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action
condemned the election as a sham
fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty
these jewels are fakes; the real ones are in the vault
humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent
creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public
counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable
20-dollar bills that were counterfeits