pose as

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, Farage's main opponent is Count Binface, a political satirist posing as a comic space alien, with a keen interest in earthly matters, including the positioning of a hand dryer in the men's toilet in a pub in west London. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Amanda Hernandez, the wife of one of the men who posed as a DTE utility worker and was convicted of robbing and killing a Rochester Hills businessman in 2024, was sentenced on Wednesday for her role in the crime. — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Deputies posed as minors 13 or younger on various online platforms and lured suspects to a local hotel, where they were taken into custody. — Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Investigators allege Batchigari stole Salazar's cellphone and credit cards after the killing, then sent a series of text messages to her mother while posing as the victim in an apparent attempt to conceal the crime. — Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for pose as

• has
• jazz
• topaz
• whereas