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Wednesday 19 April 2017

Impostor...

impostor

or imposter

[im-pos-ter] 
 
noun
1.
a person who practices deception under anassumed character, identity, or name.
Origin of impostor
1580-1590
1580-90; Late Latin, equivalent to Latin impos(i)-,variant stem of impōnere to deceive, place on (seeimpone ) + -tor -tor
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