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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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Recent Examples of fake
Adjective
Sometimes prosthetics are required, or fake teeth, or horribly unflattering wigs. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025 In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
Criminals exploit publicly available photos and recordings to create realistic digital fakes. Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 According to the association, such fakes are more widespread than ever. Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
Jokic looked right, faked left, looked right again, then did a 180-degree turn to show Tass his belly. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025 Or the University of Tennessee Knoxville professor who faked canceling class? Bryan West, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
Fakery that is part of the story, and fakery added on by real life. Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025 The fakery made the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 significantly worse in Greece. Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fake
Adjective
  • Authorities in the United States and the United Kingdom have warned consumers that counterfeit Labubu are poorly made and may contain small, detachable parts such as eyes, hands, and feet, which present a serious choking hazard to young children.
    Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • An exam by an independent certified jeweler confirmed the watches were counterfeit.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The drugs included protonitazene and metonitazene, two synthetic opioids with respective potencies of 100 and 200 times more powerful than morphine, court documents say.
    David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • By transforming ethanol into synthetic oils that can serve as HEFA feedstocks, the company’s technology could diversify and strengthen SAF production.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The conversations, of course, were mock for journalistic purposes.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The piping adds an athletic flair to the mock-neck sweater and sweatpant set, and small slits on the front of the hems add extra interest.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With Ella Toone or Park in the No 10 role, the former Bayern Munich player will add balance in a double pivot alongside Hinata Miyazawa allowing United more control in midfield.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Royals’ defense erased a potential rally in the fourth inning after Cameron surrendered a double to Rengifo and walked first baseman Oswald Peraza.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the blowback from the raid appears to go deeper than business deals, with some seeing it as an affront to a bilaterial friendship forged over more than seven decades since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The challenge is to stop pretending the current tools give full control and start demanding real visibility.
    Jagadeesh Kunda, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Kelley susses out that Göring is pretending not to understand or speak English, and for a couple of scenes that gives the shrink a leg up.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The discovery adds a new dimension to understanding cancer and therapy resistance, where cells often evade treatment by shifting states.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But Moscow has found ways to evade these.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Fake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fake. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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