spoofed; spoofing; spoofs
Examples of spoof in a Sentence
spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team
the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter
Recent Examples on the Web
Anti-satellite measures—including jamming, hacking, dazzling, and spoofing—are now being explored at varying degrees of sophistication by more than a dozen countries including the US, China, Russia, India, Iran, and North Korea.
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Michael P. Dempsey, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Thirteen years have passed since the last Scary Movie, which means there’s been a decade-plus of horror ripe for spoofing.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Its not easy spoofing a genre that virtually spoofs itself these days.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Many of the most effective deepfake scams involve spoofing a contact’s number, which makes the call look more legitimate when your phone lights up.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
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Michael P. Dempsey, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Thirteen years have passed since the last Scary Movie, which means there’s been a decade-plus of horror ripe for spoofing.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Its not easy spoofing a genre that virtually spoofs itself these days.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Many of the most effective deepfake scams involve spoofing a contact’s number, which makes the call look more legitimate when your phone lights up.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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