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

Set in 1950, the story follows the young Levon who has grown up posing as a girl, to be protected from an ancient family vendetta. — Annika Pham, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

One man in Los Angeles wanted to apply for a green card and paid $6,000 to someone posing as a lawyer in June. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Season 1’s eight episodes followed the character of Simon opposite Ben Kingsley’s return as Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest role to date was posing as the Mandarin in Iron Man 3 (2013). — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026

This topic needs more research, but what CTGT found suggests that the proliferation of Chinese AI models doesn’t pose as big of a security risk as some might believe. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for pose as

• has
• jazz
• topaz
• whereas