masquerading

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Masquerading as a member of the public, Banksy also entered the original stencil he used to make Create Escape - a mural of a prisoner climbing down the walls of the now decommissioned Reading Prison.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2021

Masquerading is a way of life in the city, even outside Carnival season.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Masquerading as a news broadcast, the 1938 Halloween radio drama “War of the Worlds” caused panicked citizens to flee their homes.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2020

Masquerading as a prosperous real estate developer, Skalnik lavished Anderson’s mother with gifts: big bouquets of roses, jewelry, even a used Jaguar.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2019

Attend while I sings, how, in ev'ry station, Masquerading is practised throughout ev'ry nation: Some mask for mere pleasure, but many we know, To lick in the rhino, false faces will show.

From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen