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sham |
1. adj. Intended to deceive; false. |
It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them. |
2. adj. counterfeit; unreal |
3. n. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. |
The time-share deal was a sham. |
4. n. Trickery, hoaxing. |
A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit. |
5. n. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. |
6. n. A decorative cover for a pillow. |
7. v. To deceive, cheat, lie. |
8. v. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. |
9. v. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. |