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

Last year, two people posing as event planners took six bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, valued at $38,000, from L’Auberge Provençale in Boyce, Virginia, The Washington Post reported. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Someone may pose as your bank, claim your account was hacked or tell you to move money before something terrible happens. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

The individual Wyatt was communicating with was allegedly posing as a minor on social media. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

There, the teen gave an undercover agent posing as an Islamic State member $600 in exchange for a duffel bag containing an AK-47, four magazines and 200 rounds of ammunition, court records state. — Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for pose as

• has
• jazz
• topaz
• whereas