[ɪmˈpɒstə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain
(e.g: the charity has warned anyone approached by the impostor to contact police immediately)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in early use spelled imposture, and sometimes confused with imposture in meaning): from French imposteur, from late Latin impostor, contraction of impositor, from Latin imponere (see impose)