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
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Investigators followed DeAngelo around to try to collect some of his DNA until finally deciding to have a law enforcement officer pose as a garbage collector and lined the garbage truck with plastic before taking DeAngelo’s trash, Ho said.
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Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Parents Together, a nonprofit focused on family safety issues, used the app for six weeks while posing as children.
—Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Some sites pose as balance-check tools and steal card numbers.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2025
Paul Campo, 61, of Oakton, Virginia, who retired from the DEA in 2016 after a 25-year career, and Robert Sensi, 75, of Boca Raton, Florida, were caught in sting involving a law enforcement informant who posed as a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, prosecutors said.
—Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
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Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Parents Together, a nonprofit focused on family safety issues, used the app for six weeks while posing as children.
—Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Some sites pose as balance-check tools and steal card numbers.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2025
Paul Campo, 61, of Oakton, Virginia, who retired from the DEA in 2016 after a 25-year career, and Robert Sensi, 75, of Boca Raton, Florida, were caught in sting involving a law enforcement informant who posed as a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, prosecutors said.
—Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Pose as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pose%20as. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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