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Meaning of Faker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfeɪkɚ

Definitions

  1. One who fakes something.
  2. An impostor or impersonator.
  3. A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise.
  4. A thief.
  5. A peddler of petty things.
  6. A snake oil salesman; one who makes exaggerated claims about a product he sells.

Equivalents

العربية الملفق
Deutsch Fälscher
Français faker
Latina dissimulātor
മലയാളം കപടൻ
Українська лицедій

Examples

“The ordinary Christian will read the claims of the New Thought fakers with contempt; but have I not shown the Catholic Church publishing long lists of money-miracles?”
“Sonic: I found you, faker!”
“faker: A friendly track acting as a hostile for exercise purposes. (STANAG 1241)”
“He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker [umbrella seller], has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]”
“Yet the faker is not an unpopular visitor to the country fair. On the contrary, a country fair at which was not heard the stentorian shouts of the faker to "come on, boys; here's the chance to make your fortune," would be considered a dismal failure.”
“All the doctor has to do nowadays is to read the labels on the bottles and boxes of samples the faker brings him.”
“Business interests citizens against the food adulterator are severely hampered and injured and the "patent-medicine” faker.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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