impersonates
Acts as someone
Impersonates is the third-person singular of impersonate, meaning to pretend to be someone else.
The word covers a range from innocent to criminal: a comedian impersonates celebrities for laughs, while a con artist impersonates a police officer to commit fraud.
She impersonates her mother perfectly on the phone.
Copies another's behavior
- imitatesReplicates another's actions
- portraysPerforms as another
- actsDeeds or play sections
- parodiesSatirical imitations
caricatures · satirizes · lampoons · comedian · sketch · celebrity · impression · drag
AI-manipulated video mimicry
- avatarDigital user representation
- botAutomated software agent
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
spoofing · account · profile · online · synthetic · voice cloning · cybercrime · sockpuppet
Intentional criminal trickery
- identity theftStealing personal data criminally
- pretendsActs falsely
- posesHeld body positions
- masqueradesPretends to be something else
deceives · scammer · con artist · catfish · fake · forgery · phishing · social engineering
Punishable illegal act
- felonySerious criminal offense
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- arrestSeize by law
prosecution · statute · charges · penalty · fine · imprisonment · witness · testimony
mimics
Copies another's behavior
parodies · caricatures · satirizes · lampoons · comedian · sketch · celebrity · impression · drag · cosplay
deepfake
AI-manipulated video mimicry
hacker · spoofing · account · profile · online · synthetic · voice cloning · cybercrime · sockpuppet · username
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- identity theftStealing personal data criminally
- pretendsActs falsely
- posesHeld body positions
masquerades · deceives · scammer · con artist · catfish · fake · forgery · phishing · social engineering · credentials
crime
Punishable illegal act
- felonySerious criminal offense
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
arrest · prosecution · statute · charges · penalty · fine · imprisonment · witness · testimony · evidence
impersonatesis oneself
Behaves genuinely, unmasked
unmasks · self-identifies · comes clean · discloses · authenticates
- Elvis impersonatorsPerformers mimicking the King
- female impersonatorMale performing as woman
- celebrity impersonationMimicking a famous person
- male impersonatorWoman portraying men onstage
- online impersonation
- voter impersonationFraudulently voting as another
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