pose as
phrasal verb
posed as; posing as; poses as
: to pretend to be (someone or something) in order to deceive people
She posed as a student to get free admission to the museum.
undercover cops posing as drug dealers
Examples of pose as in a Sentence
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Cranes scattered across a city's skyline can be eyesores that distract from a city's beauty and can even pose as threats to construction workers and pedestrians.
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Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
During the shoot — with four months in L.A. and two months in Thailand (posing as Vietnam because of The Sympathizer’s politically controversial content) — Xuande admits to being stressed and overwhelmed, both by the heavy content of the story and by his responsibility on the production.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
In one prominent case, a finance manager at a Hong Kong bank wired about $25.6 million to fraudsters who used AI to pose as the worker’s bosses on a video call.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Crafted by Glover and Francesca Sloane, the show’s debut season stretches across eight episodes, centering on John and Jane Smith, secret agents who pose as a married couple while working for a shadowy corporation.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Among those ensnared: 17 Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and correctional officers posing as sole business owners were charged in October with pocketing an average of $25,000 each in pandemic loans.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Advertisement Investigators also posed as prostitutes to catch johns at those same locations.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Criminals pose as patients to obtain services, leaving the real patients burdened with crippling debt and compromised future care.
—Chris Schueler, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Sleeping eight to a cell, they were forced to conduct online scams for 17 hours each day, posing as attractive women using photos gleaned from social media to dupe predominantly American victims out of as much cash as possible.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
During the shoot — with four months in L.A. and two months in Thailand (posing as Vietnam because of The Sympathizer’s politically controversial content) — Xuande admits to being stressed and overwhelmed, both by the heavy content of the story and by his responsibility on the production.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
In one prominent case, a finance manager at a Hong Kong bank wired about $25.6 million to fraudsters who used AI to pose as the worker’s bosses on a video call.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Crafted by Glover and Francesca Sloane, the show’s debut season stretches across eight episodes, centering on John and Jane Smith, secret agents who pose as a married couple while working for a shadowy corporation.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Among those ensnared: 17 Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and correctional officers posing as sole business owners were charged in October with pocketing an average of $25,000 each in pandemic loans.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Advertisement Investigators also posed as prostitutes to catch johns at those same locations.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Criminals pose as patients to obtain services, leaving the real patients burdened with crippling debt and compromised future care.
—Chris Schueler, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Sleeping eight to a cell, they were forced to conduct online scams for 17 hours each day, posing as attractive women using photos gleaned from social media to dupe predominantly American victims out of as much cash as possible.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Pose as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pose%20as. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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