disguise
verb (used with object)
to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb.
have disguised
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present perfectof disguise.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Brazilian police have disguised themselves using fancy dress to blend in as Carnival-goers to target phone thieves in Rio de Janeiro.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Besigye's allies and wife have come out to reveal harrowing details of how the opposition chief was apparently lured to meet his abductors, said to have disguised themselves as Kenyan security agents.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
The problem is that Joe and Jerry have disguised themselves as women in order to escape the gangsters who are pursuing them in Chicago.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2020
Most of the Gaddafi militia fled, some of them have disguised themselves as doctors.
From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2011
“I don’t want to ask him! Why didn’t he steal a suit for me, too? Then I could have disguised myself as a man.”
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
