5
hoax(noun, fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud)
4
Pretender
4
actor(noun, fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud)
4
counterfeit(fake, copy, fraud, imitation, replica)
4
dissembler
3
role player(noun, expression, idiom)
3
forger(noun, deceiver)
3
imitation(noun, fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud)
3
malingerer
3
put-on(fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud, imitation)
3
quack
3
shark
2
counterfeiter(noun, deceiver)
2
flimflam man
2
bluffer(fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud, imitation)
2
cheater
2
crook
2
defrauder(noun, deceiver)
2
dissimulator
2
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