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• n  something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• n  a person who makes deceitful pretenses
• v  make a pretence of
• v  make believe with the intent to deceive
  He shammed a headache
• s  adopted in order to deceive
  sham modesty

• Instead, the government men forced villagers to participate in a constitutional referendum that critics have labeled a sham dedicated to legitimizing the military's grip on power.
• SENATOR JOHN McCAIN: Well, we lead; we condemn the sham, corrupt election.
• The sham company that received it, "Educational Funding Services" of Los Angeles, gave as its address a mail drop a few blocks from Scientology's headquarters.

• fake
• postiche
• imposter
• impostor
• pretender
• faker
• fraud
• shammer
• pseudo
• pseud
• role player
• simulate
• assume
• feign
• pretend
• affect
• dissemble
• assumed
• false
• fictitious
• fictive
• pretended
• put on

News & Articles

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• The Housing Boomlet’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
  Well, that’s two straight Tuesdays that U.S. stocks have fallen. Has Wall Street finally noticed that the real estate sector – the only big winner in American’s sham “recovery” besides the stock market itself – is starting to deteriorate?
  June 12, 2013 - GoldSeek.com
• 2 Investigators: Unlicensed Dental Work Costs Family Money, Tooth
  A trip to the dentist was disastrous for one local family. After losing money and a tooth, They went on a mission to expose what they call a sham operation. CBS 2's Dave Savini has our original report.
  June 12, 2013 - CBS Chicago
• Collinsville man makes court appearance on wire fraud indictment
  A grand jury alleges that Shaun Michael Jameson's "purported clothing transactions were a sham."
  June 11, 2013 - Tulsa World

Quotes

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• President Bush in BBC News
  I care deeply about the people of Zimbabwe, I am extremely disappointed in the elections which I labelled a sham election,Mr Bush said.
• John McCain in New York Times
  He should speak out that this is a corrupt, flawed sham of an election,Mr. McCain said in an interview Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show. "The Iranian people have been deprived of their rights."