Definition of "imposter" []

• Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity or other devious disguise. (noun)

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• "Atlanta psychologist Pauline Clance, along with colleague Suzanne Imes, coined the term "imposter syndrome" in 1978, after an interviewee in their research study said she "felt like an imposter, here with all these really bright people.""
• "People wear themselves and their pocketbooks out trying to prove an obvious imposter is a POW."
• "This imposter was the Arizona State Captain for the PGR. .... feel he is a disgrace and an embarrassment to the Patriot Guard Riders and has no business attending the funerals of the heroes returning from Iraq, let alone leading Veterans and Civilians under a batch of lies."