Definition of "fake" []

• Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent. (adjective)
• One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham. (noun)
• Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team. (noun)
• To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit. (verb-transitive)
• To simulate; feign. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Promoted to Headline (H3) on 2/28/09: Clintons promote their second Monsanto 'fake food safety' plan that destroys farmers yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Clintons promote their second Monsanto \'fake food safety\' plan that destroys farmers '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "Food safety" bills in Congress are "harmonized with the EU" and violently opposed by American farmers."
• "My disagreement arises via the term fake, (not that strong a dispute mind you on an evening when the Senate passed the Bush-backed terrorism spy bill, sure to reduce civil liberties and puts Gonzales at the forefrontwith a like-minded watcher)."
• "PrezHuddleston is a prankster, who makes his ruse explicit by putting the word "fake" in his profile name."