impersonate

For example, they can be trained to impersonate someone.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Detectives believe someone used the elder Hou’s cellphone to impersonate him for more than a month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

This season, Fey dropped by to impersonate freshly ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

The Workers Fraud Protection Act, which takes effect Jan. 1, makes it “unlawful to falsely impersonate a union representative” and imposes punitive fines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

He could impersonate anybody—from a British general to a drunken farmer.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

This can occur when a company impersonates an airline’s customer-service number or site, often by buying a sponsored ad on a search platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Worries about AI stretch back nearly a hundred years to the film Metropolis, in which a robot impersonates a real woman.

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

In a brassy set piece from the 1952 classic “Singin’ in the Rain,” its star, Gene Kelly, impersonates a newbie hoofer seeking fame on the Great White Way.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

With Thursday’s criminal complaint containing allegations of phone conversations in which Mizuhara actually impersonates Ohtani to gain access to the money, I believe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

After their union, Sigurd abandons her for the love of Gudrun, and even inflicts upon her the disgrace of winning her for Gunnar, whom he impersonates.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld

Campbell appealed, saying one of her fellow trustees, lawyer Bianka Hellmich, forged her signature and impersonated her using a fake email address to misdirect money that was intended for the charity.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The agent set up fake accounts and impersonated humans in a hacking technique known as social engineering as part of the attempt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In San Diego, attorneys working for the city have been impersonated by scammers.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

The court heard "blagging" was when someone impersonated someone else, in order to obtain private information.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

We impersonated him all the way home, laughing and blowing bubbles, both of us knowing that he was right.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

Since then many more women have come forward to say they were victims of Love’s schemes, which often involved him impersonating a San Francisco 49ers player.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

London-based Revolut, among the most popular of Europe’s breed of digital “neo-banks,” had voluntarily handed his data to someone impersonating a government agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The fabricated content appeared on X in posts impersonating legitimate French media outlets and falsely claimed that Attal had Parkinson's disease and that Philippe had contracted an illness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Egypt's Ministry of Interior said the alleged scam involved fabricated scenes in court and impersonating a judge on social media.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

“You act like someone who is impersonating someone else. And it’s as if you think your life depends on it.”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover