masquerade (as)

verb

Definition of masquerade (as)next
as in to pose (as)
to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior the intruder was arrested for masquerading as a doctor and trying to steal another woman's baby

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  1. play
  2. mock
Verb
  • He was handed a wild card to play doubles at Wimbledon this year but lost in the first round.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • My model is concentrated on the last 24 rounds played, and includes driving distance, strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained around the green, strokes gained putting, and strokes gained on par 3s longer than 200 yards.
    — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of play
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  • These included Mao Zedong of China and Kim Il Sung of North Korea, as well as one mocking Ho Chi Minh, the father of Vietnam’s communist revolution.
    — Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • On Douban, a popular Chinese movie-review platform, viewers piled on with mocking and bewildered comments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of mock
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