3
disguise(noun, pretension)
3
equivocation(deception, lie, sham, story, deceit)
3
falsification(noun, deception, lies, infringement, piracy)
3
flam(noun, cheat, ripoff, treachery)
3
front(noun, pretension)
3
funny business(noun, expression, wrong, cheat, deception)
3
graft(noun, deception, swindle, dishonesty, cunning)
3
grift(noun, fix, swindle, treachery, deceit)
3
indirection(noun, cheat, dishonesty, treachery, crookedness)
3
insincerity(noun, display, deception, lie, dishonesty)
3
malingerer
3
masquerade(noun, pretension)
3
ostentation(noun, pretension)
3
pose(noun, pretension)
3
pretension(noun, pretension)
3
quacksalver
3
ringer
3
sanctimony(noun, informal, display, deception, lie)
3
shiftiness(noun, cheat, informal, dishonesty, treachery)
3
simulacrum(fake, imitation, forgery)
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