deceiver

noun

Definition of deceivernext
as in imposter

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  1. charlatan
  2. impostor
  3. hypocrite
Noun
  • One exception is Cotton Marcus, the charlatan at the center of The Last Exorcism.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
  • What’s interesting about it is that in the book, the Dragon Queen is very obviously a con woman and a charlatan right away, and she was based on someone that’s real.
    Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of charlatan
Noun
  • The only people who never feel like impostors are the real impostors.
    Melody Wilding, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Which was presumably not difficult to do after Daniela, having at last discovered that the man sleeping in her bed for the past month was an impostor, bonked Jason B on the head and shoved him down the basement stairs.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 June 2024
Definition of impostor
Noun
  • The filing painted West as a hypocrite who publicly advocates for the fair treatment and proper compensation of artists while exploiting them in private.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
  • This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of hypocrite
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