Thesaurus results for IMPERSONATED

impersonated

verb

past tense of impersonate

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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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 Homestead Police Chief Mario Knapp is warning the public after scammers impersonated him in an attempt to steal sensitive banking information. — Miami Herald, 18 July 2026 Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 The second is listed only as a school district employee in the affidavit, who Knowles allegedly impersonated during an exam at Florida Atlantic University in August 2024. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026 In an effort to conceal the causes of death, Sit impersonated the owners and had the dogs cremated, according to prosecutors. — Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 The former Smiths frontman first voiced his concerns about being impersonated online in April 2025. — 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

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Florida State coach Mike Norvell, hailed for building a behemoth through the portal in 2023, is now never-endingly mocked by rivals.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Hilton was quickly mocked, with online commenters pointing out that authentic Mexican street tacos are served in soft tortillas, cooked up by street vendors, and that the hard-shell varieties found in a fast-food chain do not count as the real deal.

— Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026

Definition of mocked

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The bridge — which connects Detroit and Windsor, Ontario — was named after legendary Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe who played for the Detroit Red Wings, symbolizing the longstanding relationship between the two countries.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Wallack’s critique was echoed by former Beach Commissioner Saul Gross, a real estate investor who has played a significant role in Art Deco district preservation and whose Streamline Properties is on Washington.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of played

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When fraudsters adopt voice cloning, banks respond with checks that test for the subtle traces cloning leaves behind, and when defenders turn to the study of behavior, criminals begin to rehearse how ordinary conduct can be imitated.

— Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
But according to some luxury brands, authenticity is something that is often imitated but never replicated.

— James Sneed, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of imitated

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The state medical examiner’s office performed an autopsy on July 7 and has been waiting for results from toxicology tests, Lynd said.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, IShowSpeed, and Robbie Williams also performed, and Tom Cruise made a special appearance.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026

Definition of performed

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The Howard University alumnus portrayed Black icons Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall and James Brown on the big screen.

— Lindsay Good, NBC news, 23 July 2026
Collins, the Republican chair of the influential Senate Appropriations Committee, has portrayed herself as someone who has a direct line to the administration despite representing a blue state.

— Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of portrayed

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While Kali’s protruding tongue is sometimes interpreted as a gesture of embarrassment or shame, the Rolling Stones’ logo reimagines it as a symbol of protest and antiestablishment sentiment.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026
None of this should be interpreted as opposition to development.

— Todd Baisch, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

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