Fake (9)
'fake' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
'fake' is the definition.
(sham can mean fake or pretend)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for sham that I've seen before include "Pretense; bogus" , "Mock" , "Pretence; bogus, false" , "Unreal" , "charade" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(imitation leather for example)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for imitation that I've seen before include "Mock -- ersatz" , "take-off" , "Artificial" , "Copy; copying" , "It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for bogus that I've seen before include "Fraudulent, fake" , "Fake, sham" , "taking one for a ride?" , "Not true" , "Fake, phoney" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
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(Other definitions for artificial that I've seen before include "Kiss of life" , "Contrived, false" , "Assumed" , "Bogus" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pseudo that I've seen before include "Ersatz" , "Pretentious, insincere" , "False - souped (anag)" , "Insincere person" , "O dupes! being false and insincere" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for phoney that I've seen before include "Bogus" , "Sham or insincere" , "Not genuine, insincere" , "Fraud" , "Sham, not genuine or sincere" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for assumed that I've seen before include "Took (control)" , "Bogus" , "Surmised" , "False" , "Took (responsibility)" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for pretend that I've seen before include "Sham" , "Profess falsely" , "Make believe - imply falsely" , "Dissemble" , "Suppose" .)
'fake' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for forgery that I've seen before include "making money illegally" , "Fraudulent copy(ing)" , "Not the genuine article" , "Counterfeiting" , "Fraudulent copy" .)