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

Masquerading under one guise or another they are sold to the unsuspecting public—prohibitionists for the most part—who fondly imagine that their glass of “bitters,” “liver-regulator,” or “safe cure for the kidneys,” is entirely harmless.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)