impostor — meaning in English

English meaning

• fraud noun The crime of deceiving someone to gain money or an unfair advantage.
• impostor noun Someone who pretends to be another person in order to deceive people.

Senses

impostor is used for these senses in English:

• fraud A person who performs any such trick.
• impostor Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

fraud — full definition

1. noun The crime of deceiving someone to gain money or an unfair advantage.
2. noun A person who pretends to be something they are not.

impostor — full definition

1. noun Someone who pretends to be another person in order to deceive people.
2. noun In video games and 3D graphics, a flat image made to look like a full 3D object from a distance.

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