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“Essentially that person was masquerading as a nonprofit organization,” Toczylowski said, adding that her group is preparing a public service announcement to warn about the scam.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

Rodgers said 3M was "masquerading as the hapless wrong party defendant and purposefully ambushing the other side with a wholly contrived strategic position," and she barred it from "shifting blame to the Aearo defendants".

From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2022

In other cases, Summitt said he sought to enlist CenturyLink’s aid in finding out who was masquerading as Moffitt, which CenturyLink said it couldn’t do without a warrant.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2019

On his first day at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, Calif., a captain claimed he was masquerading as a lieutenant and had him arrested.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2015

Abel had to laugh over one of the bears, who was masquerading as a mouse.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig