impersonate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·per·son·ate [impersonate impersonates impersonated impersonating] BrE [ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt] NAmE [ɪmˈpɜːrsəneɪt] verb ~ sb
to pretend to be sb in order to trick people or to entertain them
•He was caught trying to impersonate a security guard.
•They do a pretty good job of impersonating Laurel and Hardy.
Derived Word: ↑impersonation
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Word Origin:
early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘personify’): from ↑in- ‘into’ + Latin persona ‘person’, on the pattern of incorporate.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pose, personate, portray