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Definition of masquerade verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

masquerade

verb

NAmE//ˌmæskəˈreɪd//

[intransitive] masquerade as somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they masquerade

he / she / it masquerades

past simple masqueraded

-ing form masquerading

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to pretend to be something that you are not commercial advertisers masquerading as private individuals The local paper is full of gossip masquerading as news.

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