spoofed

verb

Definition of spoofednext
past tense of spoof
1
as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team

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as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter

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“Spoofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofed. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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