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• n  a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
• s  fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• But Jennifer Rubin's drivel is an exemplar of the kind of phony-baloney propaganda that we've seen, sadly, from Republicans in recent years, since their "new" ideas either grew old .
• Last Friday Falwell said on CNN that his use of phony was "unfortunate," and wired an apology to Tutu.
• It's all phony, of course.

• hypocrite
• dissembler
• dissimulator
• phoney
• pretender
• bogus
• fake
• bastard

News & Articles

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• Woman in court for phony police report says she wanted attention
  BLOOMINGTON — A 23-year-old Normal woman told police she was looking for attention when she allegedly filed a phony police report about being stopped by a man pretending to be a cop.
  June 14, 2013 - The Pantagraph
• Phony FedEx workers wanted for home invasion
  QUEENS (PIX11) – New video of two phony FedEx workers wanted for a home invasion in Queens has surfaced. According to police, one of the suspects forced his way into the home in Howard Beach while the other acted as …
  June 13, 2013 - WPIX 11 New York
• Phony NY charity ordered to pay back $4.6 million
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A New York judge has ordered a telemarketing company shut down earlier this year for running a phony breast cancer charity to pay a total of $4.6 million.
  June 12, 2013 - New Jersey Herald

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN
  INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Broadening his attack, Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday that Sen. Hillary Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of "phony ideas, calculated to win...