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noun (1)

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verb

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as in to counterfeit
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot

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as in to evade
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right

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fakery

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noun (2)

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Recent Examples of fake
Adjective
The suit asks the court to delete all fake images and stop the company from using them to train AI models. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025 North, 12, was seen wearing fake body modifications alongside her friends, who were also wearing faux face tattoos, in several clips posted on her TikTok account shared with Kardashian, 45, last weekend. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
One play before that, the Cardinals ran a fake on a field goal attempt to perfection. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025 Deablo bit on the play-action fake but was able to sprint back and get underneath Knox. Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Many of the comments suggest the image was faked or Photoshopped. PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025 Messages posing as highway-toll, postal-fee or delivery notices direct recipients to fake payment sites. Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
Forgeries, hoaxes, and other types of literary fakery have preoccupied Havens, a rare books and manuscripts curator at the university’s Stern Center for the History of the Book, for many years now. JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025 Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fake
Adjective
  • The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has warned that tourists visiting Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda may face a risk of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or contaminated alcohol.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lululemon is stepping up its defense against the growing counterfeit trade.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Established in 2024, the group is named after the synthetic chemical element Bk, discovered in and named after the city of Berkeley in 1949.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The vessel has other eco details such as synthetic teak that replicates authentic teak in both looks and the ability to stay cool underfoot, a bio-resin in the layup, among others.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Continue reading … KEEPS ON GIVING – Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz mock Harris' claim of people calling her most qualified presidential candidate.
    , FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Well, this mock neck zipped jacket is a far more flattering, wearable option that’s currently sporting a $20 price tag and a full range of sizes.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Their double life soon gets complicated when a rival boy band harboring a sinister secret begins stealing their fans.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • How to Watch Pistons vs Rockets Durant scored 23 points before fouling out as the Rockets fell 125-124 in double overtime to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That Hedda has forged such a life for herself is a testament to her wiles — no one is more adept at delivering acidic barbs cloaked by a friendly hand on the shoulder.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
  • In 2003, Lee established Translatio in Shanghai, forging partnerships with international fashion brands to develop their retail footprint in mainland China.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Odysseus, the Ithacan warrior who is as celebrated for craftiness as Achilles is for brute strength, devises a clever ruse in which the Greeks place a giant wooden horse outside Troy’s walls and pretend to sail away.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Choose a reason, such as pretending to be someone else.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even so, del Toro has not merely concocted another Whale of a tale.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Each district sends two children as tributes to the fight-to-the-death Hunger Games, concocted by the capitol to keep the populace distracted.
    Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to the allegations that the companies hid the risks of taking acetaminophen, Paxton’s lawsuit also alleges that Johnson & Johnson sought to evade liability for its actions by spinning off Kenvue.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Neither Father Burke or Sister Irene realize it at the end of the movie, but Valak evades banishment by possessing Frenchie.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025

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