| imitate(verb, play, fake, pretend, sham) |
| make up(verb, expression, play, fake, pretend) |
| masquerade(verb, play, fake, pretend, sham) |
| purport(verb, play, fake, pretend, sham) |
| put on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cheat, trick) |
| reproduce(verb, play, fake, pretend, sham) |
| suppose(verb, play, fake, pretend, sham) |
| act as though |
| assume the role(verb, expression, play, fake, pretend) |
| bamboozle(cheat, trick, pretend, mislead, delude) |
| bluff(verb, play, fake, cheat, trick) |
| burlesque(verb, act) |
| characterize(verb, act) |
| cheat(trick, pretend, mislead, hoodwink) |
| chicane(verb, cheat, trick, pretend, dupe) |
| con(cheat, trick, pretend, mislead, hoodwink) |
| deceive(cheat, trick, mislead, hoodwink) |
| delude(cheat, trick, pretend, mislead, hoodwink) |
| diddle(verb, cheat, trick, pretend, dupe) |
| dupe(cheat, trick, pretend, mislead, hoodwink) |