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impostures

impostures is the plural of imposture.

Meaning of imposture

Noun

imposture (countable and uncountable, plural impostures)

  1. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition.
    • Among an unenlightened people every impoſture is likely to take place, for ignorance is the parent of credulity.1774, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Of the Earliest State of Greece”, in The Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great, volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and F[rancis] Rivington...
    Synonyms:
    cheating

Questions about impostures

What is impostures the plural of?
Impostures is the plural of imposture.

Words near impostures in the dictionary

  1. impostumes
  2. impostuming
  3. imposturage
  4. imposture
  5. impostured
  6. impostures
  7. imposturing
  8. imposturous
  9. impostury
  10. imposure
  11. imposures

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