faker
Americannoun
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fakers
plural
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a person who fakes.
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a petty swindler.
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a peddler or street vendor of articles of dubious value.
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He’s not as unapologetically hammy as Andrew Polec’s Pirelli, the tonsorial con man who adopts a fake mustache and an even faker Italian accent, but he lends the musical a satiric gaiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
As a lapsed Catholic and nonbeliever I have avoided Mass, prayer and religion because to participate I would feel like a faker.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2022
Against this backdrop, it might seem encouraging that the highest-profile example of a faker failing to make it has ended with four guilty verdicts.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
His wife, Jessica Realin, said the rumor among police officers was that her husband was a faker trying to game the system.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2018
He had always been scornful of root-doctors and all their kind, but now she saw a faker from over around Altamonte Springs, hanging around the place almost daily.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Instead, it emboldened a new generation of fakers who saw the easy money he made off eager buyers and realized that others involved in the fraud weren’t held accountable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
She said the point is to protect what they create, such as merchandise and a detailed log of what the eagles are up to, from fakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Mr. Musk trashed Mr. Zuckerberg’s Instagram as a dwelling for fakers and phonies in a Wednesday evening post to Twitter.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
“There are many oval structures in the fungal and botanical worlds that can be parasite egg fakers in archaeological contexts.”
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 18, 2022
A whole lot of them fake for the cameras, but even the fakers have more money than me.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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