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impersonate

verb

im·​per·​son·​ate im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt How to pronounce impersonate (audio)
impersonated; impersonating

transitive verb

: to assume or act the character of : personate
impersonation noun
impersonator noun

Example Sentences

He was arrested for impersonating a police officer. a comedian with a talent for impersonating famous politicians and actors
Recent Examples on the Web To realistically impersonate someone doing something unusual, Mirsky says that the AI software needs to have seen thousands of examples of people doing that thing. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2022 The access then gave the hacker enough information to impersonate an official at the housing nonprofit Central City Concern, which was preparing to secure $1.4 million in local funding. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Aug. 2022 Researchers at the firm Snyk and my company discovered malicious, public npm packages, some clearly intended to impersonate legitimate, private npm packages used by unknown and unnamed firms. Mario Vuksan, Forbes, 6 July 2022 The hacker used a database to find user IDs and passwords online to impersonate members, gaining access to people’s claim and payment information, health insurance policy details, contact information and other personal information. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2022 At one point, chatters hired to impersonate her did such a poor job that her most loyal subscribers realized they were being fooled. New York Times, 16 May 2022 Or the scammers impersonate Amazon and send a text about an order. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2022 In a similar vein, scammers sometimes impersonate a landlord or government agency to induce customers to make fraudulent transfers. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 Hackers who obtain this passcode can use it to log in to the web server, impersonate the legitimate user, and send commands to the tracker through SMS communications that appear to come from the GPS user’s mobile number. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1715, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of impersonate was in 1715

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