im|pos|tor

im|pos|tor
im|pos|tor or im|pos|ter «ihm POS tuhr», noun.
1. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive or defraud others.
2. a deceiver; cheat.
[< Latin impositor < impōnere; see etym. under impost1 (Cf.impost)]

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