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Перевод: impostor

[существительное]
самозванец ; обманщик ; мошенник

Тезаурус:

1. In the time of Henry VII he had stripped the whole of Fife of oak and fir trees in order to build a huge man-of-war, the Great St Michael, and had given hospitality to the impostor Perkin Warbeck as son of Edward IV and therefore rightful king of England.
2. "With the Captain's permission, I'd like to retire there right now and get some sleep before this impostor arrives."
3. No longer need he consider himself a charlatan, an impostor.
4. She stumbled over the words, muttered and blushed, her duplicity and stupidity so abundantly clear to her that she was surprised that the charming young woman did not immediately leap to her feet, denounce her as an impostor and throw her out onto the street again.
5. In Act v, Scene v, of Jonson's Volpone Mosca enters dressed as a gentleman; it is a moment which might be seen to mark the arrival of the urban impostor, he or she who knows that mimicry and impersonation possess the potential not just to deceive and usurp, but also to subvert social differentiation and identity itself:
6. Interruptions of the action by figures of the Alazon (Impostor) type, marked "AL."
7. He knew I was no impostor, from the screening at the Valve.
8. Meanwhile his brother, or according to later official history an impostor, impersonating the brother, whom Cambyses had murdered, had risen against him, with the support of the Magi, and announced a peace-policy: no more wars or war-levies for three years.
9. The interviews were already published when it was discovered that he was an impostor.
10. There being no mirror in the house, she could not see what her arms and shoulders looked like, but she saw her sturdy freckled hands fidgeting at the roll of material, and felt that the dress was laying a claim on her, like an impostor demanding to be recognised.
11. He could then say to the impostor: Look here, it is useless to go on pretending.
12. Even so, country looks a bit of an impostor when it poses as an agent of radical change in pop music.
13. The nurse was an impostor who drugged the baby but was exposed after two days and sacked.