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Meaning fake meaning

What does fake mean?
Definitions in simple English

fake Adjective

— Something which is fake is not real, false, or fraudulent. Which fur coat looks fake?

fake Noun

— A fake is a trick; a swindle. — A fake is something that is not genuine, or is presented as real that is not real. — A fake is a move meant to deceive (trick) an opposing player. — A fake is one of the circles or windings of a cable, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

fake Verb

— If you fake, you cheat, swindle, steal, or rob. — If you fake something, you manipulate it fraudulently, so as to make it appear better or other than it is. — To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge. — If you fake something, you make a false display of it; you affect, feign, or simulate it. — If you fake, you coil a rope or a wire, by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to stop it from becoming twisted.

fake

— adjective (= bogus) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance — noun something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be — verb (= forge, counterfeit) make a copy of with the intent to deceive he faked the signature they counterfeited dollar bills She forged a Green Card — adjective (= false, faux, imitation, simulated) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur faux pearls false teeth decorated with imitation palm leaves a purse of simulated alligator hide — noun (= juke) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player — verb (= fudge, falsify, cook) tamper, with the purpose of deception Fudge the figures cook the books falsify the data — verb speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it — noun (= imposter) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

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fake English » English

counterfeit imitation sham false forge pretend falsify copy phony artificial simulate fraud feign bogus imitate impostor spurious forgery phoney forged untrue mimic imposter fudge faux wangle trick shammer pretender mock misrepresent impersonate hoax fictitious feint fabricate emulate duplicate dupe deception charlatan assume adulterate wrong unreal talk through one’s hat swindle simulated role player reproduce

Topics fake topics

What do people use fake to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Honest

Deceive

Conjugation fake conjugation

How do you conjugate fake?

fake · verb

Examples fake examples

How do I use fake in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It's a fake.
These documents are fake.
No more fake news.
That's a fake.
Our security cameras are fake.
His ID was fake.
I think Tom is going to be pretty mad when he finds out that the painting he bought is a fake.
She gave me a fake phone number.
Their job is to make fake orders, in order to cause trouble for the rival company.
He used a fake I.D.
She used a fake I.D.
She used a fake identification card to get into the bar.
They're fake.
Animals can't tell what's real and what's fake.
She's wearing fake nails.
It's clearly a fake.
Mary has fake tits.
It's not fake.
This is a fake.
I can't fake an interest in this.
Is this fake?

Movie subtitles

For someone as fake as you, I will not regain my memory!
Those were fake.
Up until he decided to fake his own death.
All this is fake.
He's a fake.
You have heard a fake, blind beggar testify.
You're a fake.
Madam, you're just a fake.
Fake low, catch you with the backhand.
I need him to fake a seizure for me.
That's fake to fool the police.
Everybody knows spiritualism is a fake.
Yes, I thought it was about time I got you out of that fake mourning.
That fake man of the people.
Go on, fake it, even if it isn't real.
Go on in. Fake it.
They're all fake.
Well, all four are fake.
They're fake.
If you don't advertise, we'll take it to mean our offer was denied and will announce in the same journal that the displayed stamps are fake.
One has to come by foot from Germany to notice that these stamps are fake.
Yes. Here is where the forms for the fake chips were made!
The fake Sherlock Holmes. He is next door in the store.
Now, that you found me and my fugitive coworkers, who've managed to evade the law for years, our nice fake money and the nice real stamps.
How big are the deals a fake detective can make with all this information?
They did not hesitate to fake nationality to frame us, there must definitely be a reason.
Oh, boy, you're a fake. Okay, I'll remember that.
THAT'S A FAKE PLANTED THERE TO TRAP ARSENE LUPIN.
THE FIRE WAS A FAKE.
THE CROWD WAS A FAKE.
A fake.. a thief!
Fake it. It's a cinch.

News and current affairs

An exaggerated sense of lost glory helped incite the French Army to fake the evidence that convicted Captain Alfred Dreyfus of spying for the Kaiser.
Policemen, military and civil bribe-takers and thieves, who first tax the Chechen civilians or simply steal from them, sell arms and explosives to the terrorists, reveal military maps of mine fields, and supply the rebels with fake documents.
So, should innocent victims and those who gained nothing from fake prosperity really be made to pay even more?
Do the smiles look real or fake?
One of the most obvious signs of systemic cheating is that many Chinese officials use fake or dubiously acquired academic credentials to burnish their resumes.
Worse, as competition for promotion within the Chinese bureaucracy has escalated, even fake academic credentials and GDP growth records have become insufficient to advance one's career.
They needed to fake it for seven years in order to build up adequate reserves against losses.
Kompromaty - fake, compromising charges - are used liberally and openly.
Those with money will always be able to cross borders using fake documents, bribes, or innovative infrastructure.

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