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386 lines
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{
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"Fakarava":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"island (atoll) in the South Pacific; principal island of the Tuamotu Archipelago population 651":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u00e4-k\u00e4-\u02c8r\u00e4-v\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034205",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"fake":{
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"antonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"forgery",
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"hoax",
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"humbug",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"sham"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick":[],
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": a simulated movement in a sports contest (such as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent":[],
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": a worthless imitation passed off as genuine":[
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"The signature was a fake ."
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],
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": counterfeit , simulate , concoct":[
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"faked a heart attack"
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],
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": impostor , charlatan":[
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"He told everyone that he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake ."
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],
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": improvise , ad-lib":[
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"whistle a few bars \u2026 and I'll fake the rest",
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"\u2014 Robert Sylvester"
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],
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": not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
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"He was wearing a fake mustache.",
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"She held up the bowl to the window light and smiled her fakest smile yet \u2026",
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"\u2014 Lee Durkee",
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"From the well-known to the unknown, fake news , misinformation and hate rhetoric are causing harm to many individuals.",
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"\u2014 Dolar Popat"
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],
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": one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running":[],
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": one that is not what it purports to be: such as":[],
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": to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously (see spurious sense 2 ) genuine appearance to : doctor":[
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"faked the lab results"
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],
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": to coil in fakes":[],
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": to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake (see fake entry 2 sense c )":[],
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": to engage in faking something : pretend":[
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"\u2014 sometimes used with it if you don't have the answers, fake it"
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],
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": to give a fake to an opponent":[
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"The runner faked left and then cut to the right."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"That blood is clearly fake .",
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"He was wearing a fake mustache."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1627, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1819, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English faken, of obscure origin":"Verb",
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"derivative of fake entry 2":"Adjective",
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"derivative of fake entry 3":"Noun",
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"originally underworld argot, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
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"probably derivative of fake entry 5":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0101k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fake Noun (1) imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"bogus",
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"dummy",
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"ersatz",
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"factitious",
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"false",
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"faux",
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"imitation",
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"imitative",
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"man-made",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"pretend",
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"sham",
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"simulated",
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"substitute",
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"synthetic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223650",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fake book":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a book that contains the melody lines of popular copyrighted songs without accompanying harmonies and that is published without the permission of the copyright owners":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"fake entry 3 (to improvise) + book":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081705",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fake it":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to pretend to be something that one is not or to have some knowledge or ability that one does not really have":[
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"He acts like he's my friend, but I can tell that he's just faking it .",
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"He didn't know the words to the song, so he had to fake it ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115653",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"fake out":{
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceive"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to deliberately mislead : fool , trick":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday",
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"used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozle",
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"beguile",
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"bluff",
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"buffalo",
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"burn",
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"catch",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gaff",
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"gammon",
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"gull",
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"have",
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"have on",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"hornswoggle",
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"humbug",
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"juggle",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead",
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"snooker",
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"snow",
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"spoof",
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"string along",
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"suck in",
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"sucker",
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"take in",
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"trick"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030729",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"faked":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": forged sense 2":[
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"discovered the faked documents",
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"Unsuspecting users click on this faked site instead of the real site.",
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"\u2014 Bruce Schneier"
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],
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": made, done, or altered with intent to deceive: such as":[],
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": simulated in order to deceive an opponent":[
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"a faked punt",
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"His first outside shot, however, was blocked, but he came back with a faked shot and then a sweet bounce pass to O'Sullivan for a layup.",
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"\u2014 Ira Berkow"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0101kd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111529",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"fakery":{
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"antonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"forgery",
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"hoax",
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"humbug",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"sham"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick":[],
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": a simulated movement in a sports contest (such as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent":[],
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": a worthless imitation passed off as genuine":[
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"The signature was a fake ."
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],
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": counterfeit , simulate , concoct":[
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"faked a heart attack"
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],
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": impostor , charlatan":[
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"He told everyone that he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake ."
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],
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": improvise , ad-lib":[
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"whistle a few bars \u2026 and I'll fake the rest",
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"\u2014 Robert Sylvester"
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],
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": not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
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"He was wearing a fake mustache.",
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"She held up the bowl to the window light and smiled her fakest smile yet \u2026",
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"\u2014 Lee Durkee",
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"From the well-known to the unknown, fake news , misinformation and hate rhetoric are causing harm to many individuals.",
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"\u2014 Dolar Popat"
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],
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": one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running":[],
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": one that is not what it purports to be: such as":[],
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": to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously (see spurious sense 2 ) genuine appearance to : doctor":[
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"faked the lab results"
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],
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": to coil in fakes":[],
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": to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake (see fake entry 2 sense c )":[],
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": to engage in faking something : pretend":[
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"\u2014 sometimes used with it if you don't have the answers, fake it"
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],
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": to give a fake to an opponent":[
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"The runner faked left and then cut to the right."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"That blood is clearly fake .",
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"He was wearing a fake mustache."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1627, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1819, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English faken, of obscure origin":"Verb",
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"derivative of fake entry 2":"Adjective",
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"derivative of fake entry 3":"Noun",
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"originally underworld argot, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
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"probably derivative of fake entry 5":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0101k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fake Noun (1) imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"bogus",
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"dummy",
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"ersatz",
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"factitious",
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"false",
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"faux",
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"imitation",
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"imitative",
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"man-made",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"pretend",
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"sham",
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"simulated",
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"substitute",
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"synthetic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070504",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fakir":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Muslim mendicant : dervish":[],
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": an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes",
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"a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs , strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks. \u2014 John Hood, National Review , 28 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic faq\u012br , literally, poor man":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bilk",
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"bilker",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"trickster"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020548",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |