polyjuice potion
Polyjuice potion is a fictional magical brew from the Harry Potter series that transforms the drinker into someone else's physical form, requiring a piece of that person (typically hair) as an ingredient.
The effect is temporary, lasting about an hour.
In broader use, polyjuice suggests any means of disguising one's true identity: Corporate polyjuice—putting a friendly face on predatory practices.
- transformationThorough change in form
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- Harry PotterFictional adolescent sorcerer
- shapeshiftingTransforming into other beings
- cauldronLarge metal cooking pot
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