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as in mocked
to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior
a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher
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as in played
to present a portrayal or performance of
interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town
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Recent Examples of impersonated
The former Smiths frontman first voiced his concerns about being impersonated online in April 2025.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Armed with those details, Logendran contacted Rogers’ online support team and impersonated the husband, claiming he had been locked out of his work account.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Catholic Charities has publicly denounced representatives’ being impersonated to scam immigrants.
—Albinson Linares, NBC news, 4 June 2026
While Manning has been impersonated on the show by the likes of Miles Teller and made a cameo sharing his love for Emily in Paris, his first and only time hosting spawned several memorable sketches.
—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Later, investigators found that an adult woman had impersonated the child, who was already dead at the time, during that video call.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Federal investigators said the group impersonated security technicians and employees of cryptocurrency exchange companies such as Coinbase and Gemini to steal from their victims.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
After obtaining victims’ personally identifiable information, Burge and Bospflug impersonated the victims at banks and opened accounts in the victims’ names, prosecutors said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
In 2023, Reuters reported that two of its reporters in China were being impersonated via Instagram and Telegram accounts that were attempting to get information on activists protesting the country’s COVID-19 policies.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2026
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Armed with those details, Logendran contacted Rogers’ online support team and impersonated the husband, claiming he had been locked out of his work account.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Catholic Charities has publicly denounced representatives’ being impersonated to scam immigrants.
—Albinson Linares, NBC news, 4 June 2026
While Manning has been impersonated on the show by the likes of Miles Teller and made a cameo sharing his love for Emily in Paris, his first and only time hosting spawned several memorable sketches.
—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Later, investigators found that an adult woman had impersonated the child, who was already dead at the time, during that video call.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Federal investigators said the group impersonated security technicians and employees of cryptocurrency exchange companies such as Coinbase and Gemini to steal from their victims.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
After obtaining victims’ personally identifiable information, Burge and Bospflug impersonated the victims at banks and opened accounts in the victims’ names, prosecutors said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
In 2023, Reuters reported that two of its reporters in China were being impersonated via Instagram and Telegram accounts that were attempting to get information on activists protesting the country’s COVID-19 policies.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonated
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One attack ad mocked Ossoff for playful college-era behavior.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Just days before the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, a professional UFC fighter standing inside a cage erected on the South Lawn of the White House mocked former First Lady Michelle Obama by referring to her as a man.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The smallest nation by size (171 square miles) and population — 158,000, or twice the size of Arrowhead Stadium’s capacity — stood with all fans as the national anthems for both teams played.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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Dalal said their son played there daily with his friends, taking advantage of a club policy that allows children under five to enter without a membership.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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The fake audio clip imitated the principal using racist commentary, including statements that African-American students were unable to test their way out of a paper bag, according to charging documents.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The star imitated the lone star of Texas.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
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Zac Brown Band performed the national anthem, and other stars who took part included comedians Nate Bargatze, Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe, as well as singers Luke Bryan and Kid Rock.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The measure performed best in central and west Davis, continuing the pattern established on election night.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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That’s because Noelle’s a different type of protagonist, portrayed confidently by Al Zahrani, a woman contending with her own loss while trying to gain a more prominent job than being the scanner of a police documents.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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On the opinion side, Paxton was heavily platformed and portrayed Cornyn as an enemy of the president.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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Bradley the author eventually conceded that his research had been faulty and that the flag-raising in which his father had been involved was photographed by a Marine photographer earlier on the morning of February 23, 1945, and that Doc Bradley was not depicted in the famous Rosenthal photo.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 June 2026
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Puck reports that other key figures depicted in the film include OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, Elon Musk, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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The establishment of the fund comes less than two weeks after a district court judge ruled the Kennedy Center's board acted unlawfully in adding the president's name and in making plans for two years of closure and renovations.—
Emma Nicholson,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Sarkissian, whose family started one of the first banquet halls in Los Angeles, remembers that his father acted as a friend and counselor to a lot of immigrants who suffered extreme culture shock.—
Ani Duzdabanyan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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According to Reuters, the United States and European Union raised concerns that the resolution could be interpreted as creating a hierarchy among crimes against humanity by treating some atrocities as more serious than others.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Both Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act have long been interpreted to require that states provide services to Americans with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
20 June 2026
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“Impersonated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonated. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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