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Synonyms for spoof
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Princeton's WordNet
parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onverb
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Synonyms:
jeer, fraud, prank, joke, trick, scoff, takeoff, caper, farce comedy, parody, hoax, put-on, humbug, farce, burlesque, travesty, scoffing, antic, pasquinade, jeering, mockery, sendup, lampoon, dupery, charade, fraudulencespoof, burlesque, parodyverb
make a parody of
"The students spoofed the teachers"
Matched Categories
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4480 | fraud | |
#6675 | joke | |
#7167 | trick | |
#11083 | simulated | |
#17114 | simulate | |
#18520 | parody | |
#22497 | hoax | |
#27783 | spoof | |
#29414 | prank | |
#31654 | farce | |
#33962 | takeoff | |
#40207 | caper | |
#40443 | mockery | |
#44008 | lampoon | |
#47210 | burlesque | |
#47257 | charade | |
#50882 | humbug | |
#56153 | travesty | |
#61244 | spoofed | |
#64838 | falsify | |
#71713 | scoff | |
#79626 | antic | |
#133401 | jeer | |
#149018 | jeering | |
#158417 | scoffing | |
#323539 | fraudulence |
How to use spoof in a sentence?
National Intelligence John Ratcliffe:
This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos and undermine your confidence in American democracy, we have already seen Iran sending spoof emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest and damage President( Donald) President Trump.
He says it was a spoof. That's what he's told me -- I do buy it. I know him ; he's kind of a great sense of humor wiseass kind of guy, what can I tell ya ? I don't think it's germane. I don't think he was making a statement. I think he was making a spoof. Our support is still there, still there.
Scammers often robocall us from overseas, and when they do, they typically spoof their numbers to try and trick consumers, call center fraudsters often pretend to be calling from trusted organizations and use pressure tactics to steal from Americans. We must attack this problem with every tool we have. With these new rules, well close the loopholes that hamstring law enforcement when they try to pursue international scammers and scammers using text messaging.
Today the Senate delivered a loud and clear message to the criminals who scam and spoof consumers : More blocking, more fines and more criminal enforcement is coming.
Third-party call blocking apps are largely ineffective when it comes to detecting spoof calls since they can only black-list against known scam numbers, not legitimate numbers that are momentarily hijacked by scammers.
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