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

Investigators also said Ellaboudy advised an undercover FBI confidential human source posing as a representative of a Houthi colonel. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Centuries before officers appeared in uniform, posing as neutral criminologists, policing developed as a method of organizing society. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

His agency also issued an alert to British lawmakers last November that Chinese agents were ⁠targeting them ​to collect information and influence their activity by posing as headhunters or companies. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

In December 1927, a 12-year-old Los Angeles girl, Marion Parker, was checked out of her school by a man posing as an employee of her father, Perry Parker. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for pose as

• has
• jazz
• topaz
• whereas