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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
Katie Couric spoofed Sydney Sweeney’s controversial denim ad to raise awareness about colon cancer.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Everything works well unless GPS signals are jammed, spoofed or simply unavailable because of a technical glitch.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Over the years, much has been said about Stiles' final dance — Saturday Night Live even spoofed it with Stiles' help in 2023.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 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
But some speculated the killing of Charlie Kirk, who was spoofed in episode two of season 27, at a speaking event in Utah that week, led to the new episode being yanked or possibly tweaked.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Everything works well unless GPS signals are jammed, spoofed or simply unavailable because of a technical glitch.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Over the years, much has been said about Stiles' final dance — Saturday Night Live even spoofed it with Stiles' help in 2023.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 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
But some speculated the killing of Charlie Kirk, who was spoofed in episode two of season 27, at a speaking event in Utah that week, led to the new episode being yanked or possibly tweaked.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofed
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Over 30 years later, the event has transcended the Brewers, parodied and imitated in equal measure.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Young Frankenstein, released in 1974, is considered a comedy classic and parodied monster movies of the 1930s, Universal’s Frankenstein films in particular.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Various lawmakers have since imitated this tactic even less convincingly.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Painted in turquoise and amber colors, the bunker imitated post WWII minimalism and Bauhaus, noted Vancouver Media’s Abdón Alcañiz, art director, physical production.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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In order to not be fooled by narcissistic kindness, Sarkis encourages people to view one-off good deeds in the context of someone's overall behavior.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Don’t be fooled, there is intention.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rubio lauded Bukele and mocked the Biden administration’s attempts to pressure him.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to the Justice Department, Sanberg deceived investors and lenders.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, claimed that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and sabotaged their attempts to cancel it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spoofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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