Antonyms for imposture


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pos-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒs tʃər


Definition of imposture

Origin :
  • "act of willfully deceiving others," 1530s, from Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, from impostus (see impost).
  • noun fraud, trick
Example sentences :
  • If the world chose to esteem him, he did not buy its opinion by imposture.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Satisfied, now, that there was imposture, he resolved to ferret it out.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • I need only say that the secret of my imposture defied detection.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • Where he was now he seemed to be not so much a fallen tyrant as a silly sham and an imposture.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • It—it—seems, monsieur, that—ah—that I have been the victim of some imposture.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Would not men have discovered the imposture in all this lapse of time?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • If every imposture be his work, why should he not act through those who have contrived it?
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Trust her to carry out this imposture which now seems so wild.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • M. Reinack denies the suave suggestion that he was at the bottom of this imposture.
  • Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
  • Imagine the indignation of the creditor upon the discovery of the imposture!
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook

Synonyms for imposture

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