impersonate
verb
im·per·son·ate
im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt 
impersonated; impersonating
: to assume or act the character of : personate
Examples of impersonate in a Sentence
He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
a comedian with a talent for impersonating famous politicians and actors
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Bonsall, who was playing in a band at the time, had discovered there was a man who had been impersonating him as a way to victimize women.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The company shut down in 2021, less than a week after The New York Times article outlined that Ozy’s Samir Rao, the firm’s chief operating officer, had previously impersonated a YouTube executive during a conference call with potential investors.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
The most extreme case that garnered the attention federal prosecutors in New York came in a 2021 New York Times report that Watson’s partner in Ozy Media, Samir Rao, had impersonated executives of major media companies as the pair sought to raise capital from investors.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Ozy abruptly shut down in October 2021, after The New York Times reported that the company’s chief operating officer, Samir Rao, had impersonated a YouTube executive on a conference call with Goldman Sachs.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The company shut down in 2021, less than a week after The New York Times article outlined that Ozy’s Samir Rao, the firm’s chief operating officer, had previously impersonated a YouTube executive during a conference call with potential investors.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
The most extreme case that garnered the attention federal prosecutors in New York came in a 2021 New York Times report that Watson’s partner in Ozy Media, Samir Rao, had impersonated executives of major media companies as the pair sought to raise capital from investors.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Ozy abruptly shut down in October 2021, after The New York Times reported that the company’s chief operating officer, Samir Rao, had impersonated a YouTube executive on a conference call with Goldman Sachs.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Impersonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impersonate. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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impersonate
verb
im·per·son·ate
im-ˈpərs-ᵊn-ˌāt
impersonated; impersonating
: to pretend to be some other person
impersonate a police officer
impersonation
noun
-ˌpərs-ᵊn-ˈā-shən
impersonator
noun
-ˈpərs-ᵊn-ˌāt-ər
Legal Definition
impersonate
transitive verb
im·per·son·ate
im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt
impersonated; impersonating
: to assume (another's or a fictitious identity) without authority and with fraudulent intent
impersonate a police officer
impersonated a public servant by saying he was from the water department
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