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

Much like the desires of the IOC, the question can be posed as to whether focusing on our common passions in sport can help create a way out of divisiveness and show off the benefits of economic interdependence. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Agent Foster, posing as a city cop, has brought a tranquilizer gun to knock out Reacher and stage his suicide. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Scammers sometimes target people who already lost money and then pose as someone who can help recover it. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

The film follows an insecure MBA student who fakes a broken ankle and poses as a medical student to win over a free-spirited woman who lives for music and dancing, only to see his lies unravel as real feelings take hold. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for pose as

• has
• jazz
• topaz
• whereas