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"word": "authentic"
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"word": "genuine"
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"word": "phoneyness"
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"word": "phony as a three-dollar bill"
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"word": "phony-baloney"
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"text": "A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.",
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"Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance."
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"(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance."
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"sense": "fraudulent",
"word": "bogus"
},
{
"sense": "fraudulent",
"word": "counterfeit"
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{
"sense": "fraudulent",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bahraj",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَهْرَج"
},
{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ḵarrāṣ",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "خَرَّاص"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmamen",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "измамен"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mošeničeski",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "мошенически"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎ",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "假"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falešný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "onecht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "nagemaakt"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falsa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "väärä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "väärennetty"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "epäaito"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "vale-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frauduleux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrefait"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falsifié"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "à la noix"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "à la gomme"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cru",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "ცრუ"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇albi",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "ყალბი"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falsch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "unecht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "gefälscht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "verlogen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "מזויף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "hamis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "fasullo"
},
{
"alt": "にせ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nise",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "偽"
},
{
"alt": "にせ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nise",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "贋"
},
{
"alt": "にせものの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nisemono no",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "偽物の"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "de araque"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "falʹšívyj",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фальши́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddélʹnyj",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подде́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenastojáščij",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ненастоя́щий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falaz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "fraudulento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "mendaz"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "falsk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "oäkta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "förljugen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fraudulent; fake",
"word": "lögnaktig"
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"(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own."
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"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
"word": "teeskentelijä"
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"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
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"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Hochstapler"
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"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
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"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
"tags": [
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"word": "Scharlatan"
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"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "impostore"
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"roman": "sagishi",
"sense": "a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own",
"word": "詐欺師"
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"word": "说慌话的人"
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"word": "mystificateur"
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"ref": "2013, John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, Crime Classification Manual, page 131",
"text": "One name was a phony, but the other was the true name. The clerk remembered the man who had filed the tags since he acquired two sets of plates with different names.",
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"word": "bedragare"
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
"word": "说慌话的人"
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"word": "guignol"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "faux prophète"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heuchler"
},
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"word": "Lügner"
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
"word": "falso"
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"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "falso"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold",
"word": "farsante"
}
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}
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