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as in parodying
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 tricking
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 spoofing
On Friday, the controversial author responded to a clip of comedian Intel Lady spoofing Watson’s recent conversation on the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast.
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Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
That effort cut caller ID spoofing calls from 1 billion in June 2022 to under 7 million by September 2022.
—Peter Ford, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
But in conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, Russian forces have extensively used GPS jamming and spoofing to disrupt operations.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
He’s been seen spoofing the Kardashians, trying out the handsome face filter and enjoying dinner with the fam in Frankie’s funny videos.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Part of the promotional campaign for The Naked Gun legacy-sequel was a trailer spoofing charity promotional videos, as star Liam Needson pleaded with viewers to buy a ticket and help save the entire business of movie comedies.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
That effort cut caller ID spoofing calls from 1 billion in June 2022 to under 7 million by September 2022.
—Peter Ford, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
But in conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, Russian forces have extensively used GPS jamming and spoofing to disrupt operations.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
He’s been seen spoofing the Kardashians, trying out the handsome face filter and enjoying dinner with the fam in Frankie’s funny videos.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Part of the promotional campaign for The Naked Gun legacy-sequel was a trailer spoofing charity promotional videos, as star Liam Needson pleaded with viewers to buy a ticket and help save the entire business of movie comedies.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofing
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Katie Couric is parodying Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle jeans ad for a good cause.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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What To Know The Democratic governor of California has recently taken on a new strategy to oppose Trump—parodying the president's brash social media style to mock him.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Give them reasons to keep reading, don’t try tricking them into it.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Regulators argue Amazon broke competition and consumer protection laws by tricking customers into subscribing to Prime.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer – another break from the past four administrations, when roughly half of the ICE-imposter cases were charged under federal statutes.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The fact that these programs are becoming adept at imitating consciousness, however, may be all that matters for now.—
Webb Wright,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Instead of fooling millions of people individually, attackers need only to compromise one AI model to reach millions at once.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Your press release isn’t fooling anyone.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Authoritarians historically come for the comics first, and most recently under Putin, satirist Idrak Mirzalizade was jailed and deported for mocking Russian housing.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Brian stumbles back to his father’s tent, where an angry Simon takes his frustration over Uncle Mac’s mocking out on his son.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
26 Sep. 2025
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Two culinary pros gave us the real scoop about how certain vanilla bean ice creams have been deceiving us all these years.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Opening arguments are set to begin Tuesday's in the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly deceiving tens of millions of customers into signing up for Prime and thwarting their attempts to cancel it.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spoofing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofing. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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