fake
noun/feɪk/
/feɪk/
- an object such as a work of art, a coin or a piece of jewellery that is not what somebody claims it is but has been made to look as if it is
- All the paintings proved to be fakes.
- She had long ago sold the diamonds and replaced them with fakes.
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- a person who pretends to be what they are not in order to cheat peopleTopics Personal qualitiesb1 see also head fake
Word Originlate 18th cent. (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’.
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