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Definition of sham : 1. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
2. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
3. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make- believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
4. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
5. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
6. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
7. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

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make, touch, dupery, dissimulator, faux, take for granted, wear, pharisaism, postiche, usurp, hoax, suppositious, phoney, humbug, false hair, hairpiece, guess, imposter, sanctimony, fake, dissemblance, formalism, simulated, acting, take up, false, don, presume, imitate, histrion, spurious, impostor, off-key, affectation, act, actor, true, skulker, forgery, venture, bogus, assumed, get into, dissembler, dissimulation, disguise, involve, arrogate, imitative, thespian, dissemble, player, bear, show, strike, lying, fictitious, seize, bear on, delusive, sanctimoniousness, cloak, study at false, malingerer, fraudulence, mistaken, honest, make believe, untrue, supposititious, pretended, farce, move, profess, assume, pseud, faker, fictional, mock, pretend, hazard, model, respect, accept, take, same, fictive, regard, fabricated, simulate, impress, mask, pretender, take on, touch on, fraudulent, sour, fraud, adopt, masquerade, put on, role player, acquire, affect, pietism, fancied, phony, impact, bear upon, hypocrisy, hypocrite, shammer, juke, take over, cant, feign

imitation (part of speech: noun)

copy, counterfeit, pseudo, emulation, echo, impersonation, carbon, mirror, mockery, representation, travesty, parallel, duplication, replication, parody, imitation, simulation, duplicate, portrayal, reflection, reproduction, resemblance, spoof, pretense, burlesque, mimicry, caricature

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