Definitions for imposture

imposture im·pos·ture

Spelling: [im-pos-cher]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɒs tʃər/

Imposture is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 799 anagrams from letters in imposture (eimoprstu).

Definitions for imposture

noun

  1. the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
  2. deception using an assumed character, identity, or name, as by an impostor.
  3. an instance or piece of fraudulent imposition.

Origin of imposture

1530-40; Late Latin impostūra, equivalent to Latin impost(us) past participle of impōnere (see impostor, impone) + -ūra Examples for imposture

Trust her to carry out this imposture which now seems so wild.

Would not men have discovered the imposture in all this lapse of time?

If the world chose to esteem him, he did not buy its opinion by imposture.

If every imposture be his work, why should he not act through those who have contrived it?

Satisfied, now, that there was imposture, he resolved to ferret it out.

M. Reinack denies the suave suggestion that he was at the bottom of this imposture.

It—it—seems, monsieur, that—ah—that I have been the victim of some imposture.

Even after the imposture was revealed, however, Taliban leaders remained positive that that their trick could still work.

Where he was now he seemed to be not so much a fallen tyrant as a silly sham and an imposture.

I need only say that the secret of my imposture defied detection.

Word Value for imposture
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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