impersonate

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  1. transitive verb To assume the character or appearance of, especially fraudulently: impersonate a police officer.
  2. transitive verb To imitate the appearance, voice, or manner of; mimic: an entertainer who impersonates celebrities.
  3. transitive verb Archaic To embody; personify.

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  • When they came to me and offered me fairly good money to impersonate a girl named Mira Lanson, I couldn't resist Is that your story? —  101 - The Green Eagle
  • You may not impersonate, imitate or pretend to be somebody else when registering and / or setting up an account on the Website. —  National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals
  • You may not impersonate, imitate or pretend to be somebody else when using the Website. —  National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals
  • Their tweets are largely insulting to the people they're trying to impersonate, instead of doing it with bravado and snark, like Dan Lyons was able to do with the —  Webware.com
  • One of SkyWay's two DC9's had been painted to impersonate-complete with phony Government Seal on the door-an official aircraft from the Dept. of Homeland Security. —  Madcow Morning News
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impersonate:   impersonated ·  impersonates
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/ɪmˈpərsəneɪt/
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