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Examples of impersonate in a Sentence
He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
a comedian with a talent for impersonating famous politicians and actors
Recent Examples of impersonate from the Web
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Meanwhile, Felicie finagles her way into the Opera Ballet School by impersonating a snotty rich girl named Camille (Maddie Ziegler), who has intentionally broken Felicie's cherished music box.
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After a decade long tenure on the light-night comedy show, Hader can impersonate just about anyone.
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Adrian Beltre became the 31st player to record 3,000 career hits and had a little fun in his post-game press conference by impersonating Marshawn Lynch.
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Follow the Train reunites after seven years as TMNT impersonating Follow the Train.
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Anyone who receives a suspicious call from someone impersonating the SSA or its employees can report it to the Office of the Inspector General.
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Many of the anti-net neutrality comments were submitted by spam bots impersonating people whose names and addresses were taken from data breaches.
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Some of his original music was quite catchy, but then the show quickly turned into Feldman impersonating Michael Jackson.
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Matthew Chantelois has traveled as far as Mexico and Hawaii to impersonate Elvis Presley, but on Saturday, the Dearborn resident didn’t have to go very far to be the King.
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First Known Use of impersonate
1715
IMPERSONATE Defined for English Language Learners
impersonate
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verb
Definition of impersonate for English Language Learners
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: to pretend to be (another person)
IMPERSONATE Defined for Kids
impersonate
play
verb
im·per·son·ate
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im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt
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Definition of impersonate for Students
impersonated;
impersonating
:to pretend to be another person
Synonym Discussion of impersonate
impersonate, play, and act mean to pretend to be somebody else. impersonate is used when someone tries to look and sound like another person as much as possible.
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- You're good at impersonating celebrities.
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- You can play the part of the spy.
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- Act like you're a dog.
Law Dictionary
impersonate
play
transitive verb
im·per·son·ate
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im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt
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legal Definition of impersonate
impersonated;
impersonating
:to assume (another's or a fictitious identity) without authority and with fraudulent intent
- impersonate a police officer
- impersonated a public servant by saying he was from the water department
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