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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Accompanied by the boys’ mothers, along with Robert Williams and Conrad Lynn, the London reporter, posing as a social worker and with a camera concealed under a fruit basket, visited James and David at the reformatory. —

Essence, 13 Feb. 2025 According to court papers, Sanchez entered the store first and, posing as a legitimate customer, asked merchant Kunwarjee Singh, 40, to fetch him an item. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025 Similarly, a 67-year-old from San Diego was tricked out of her life savings when an AI impostor gang posed as Keanu Reeves, also raising awareness about romance scams impacting the elderly. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025 One woman recently lost $850,000 to a scammer posing as Brad Pitt, according to McAfee, an internet security company. —

Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pose as