English-Thai Dictionary

imposture

N การปลอม เป็น คนอื่น  การ หลอกลวง  การ ต้มตุ๋น  deceit deception hoax kan-prom-pen-kon-uen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPOSTURE

n.[L. impostura. See Impose. ] Deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition practiced by a false pretender.
--Form new legends,
And fill the world with follies and impostures.

 

IMPOSTURED

a.Having the nature of imposture.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPOSTURE

Im *pos "ture, n. Etym: [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone. ]

 

Defn: The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.

 

Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.

 

IMPOSTURED

IMPOSTURED Im *pos "tured, a.

 

Defn: Done by imposture. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imposture

im pos ture |imˈpäsCHər ɪmˈpɑstʃər | ▶noun an instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French from late Latin impostura, from Latin imposit- ‘imposed upon, ’ from the verb imponere (see impose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

imposture

im ¦pos |ture |ɪmˈpɒstʃə | ▶noun an instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French from late Latin impostura, from Latin imposit- ‘imposed upon ’, from the verb imponere (see impose ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imposture

imposture noun Barton's imposture was recognized as such only after he had fled town: misrepresentation, pretense, deceit, deception, trickery, artifice, subterfuge, feint; hoax, trick, ruse, dodge; informal con, scam, flimflam.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imposture

imposture noun by the time the imposture had been discovered the real prince had fled: misrepresentation, pretence, deceit, deception, duping, cheating, trickery, artifice, subterfuge; hoax, trick, ruse, dodge, blind, wile; fraudulence, fraud, swindling; charlatanry, quackery; informal con, con trick, scam, sting, flimflam, kidology; Brit. informal wheeze; Irish informal codology.

 

French Dictionary

imposture

imposture n. f. nom féminin littéraire Tromperie d ’un imposteur. : Ces promesses sont des impostures.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imposture

im pos ture /ɪmpɑ́stʃə r |-pɔ́s -/名詞 U C (他人の名をかたる )詐欺 (行為 ).