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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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Recent Examples of spoofed
Steps For Organizations Assume every channel is spoofed.
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Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Madonna played the icon several times throughout the '80s and '90s, and Chloe Fineman spoofed the 2022 Netflix film Blonde with a parody of Monroe.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Madonna played the icon several times throughout the '80s and '90s, and Chloe Fineman spoofed the 2022 Netflix film Blonde with a parody of Monroe.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofed
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ChatGPT is also parodied for offering empty praise and generic advice.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The original Scary Movie franchise parodied the teen-slasher flicks that were so abundant in the late ’90s and aughts.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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According to Noguera, Naso tricked Lambson by posing as a photographer for the Oakland A's, arranging to meet her at Fisherman's Wharf before driving her to Mount Tam, where her body was later discovered.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers posing as customer support employees for the major tech companies constitute a major problem.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Could my stutter-step breathing and thick-ridden voice be imitated by a machine?—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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For their efforts, life has imitated art, as Huntr/x has now stolen the show from not one but two cloyingly chipper bro brigades.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
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And as pumpkin spice lattes start to pop up and Halloween decor appears in stores, you might be fooled into thinking that fall weather has finally arrived.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
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Don't be fooled; starting a business takes time and effort.—
David Rae,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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He was mocked by a MAGA-friendly reporter for not wearing a suit.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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The voices mocked her for her recent career failures, including not being booked on WrestleMania 41 or SummerSlam this year.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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While many followers recognized the scam early on, some were deceived and suffered financial loss.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spoofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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