pose as
phrasal verb
posed as; posing as; poses as
: to pretend to be (someone or something) in order to deceive people
She posed as a student to get free admission to the museum.
undercover cops posing as drug dealers
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Fake investment managers: Scammers pose as financial experts, promising to grow your crypto portfolio.
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Roxanne Doss, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Scammers often pose as representatives of trusted companies, using sophisticated tactics to persuade individuals to disclose sensitive information, such as passwords and financial details.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
It’s been a long way down from their kind’s originary pose as benign geniuses who wanted to bring peace, love, and connectedness to the world one byte or bit of binary code at a time.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The scammers are out in full force online and in person, pretending to raise money for good causes or even posing as FEMA inspectors.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Roxanne Doss, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Scammers often pose as representatives of trusted companies, using sophisticated tactics to persuade individuals to disclose sensitive information, such as passwords and financial details.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
It’s been a long way down from their kind’s originary pose as benign geniuses who wanted to bring peace, love, and connectedness to the world one byte or bit of binary code at a time.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The scammers are out in full force online and in person, pretending to raise money for good causes or even posing as FEMA inspectors.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Pose as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pose%20as. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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