masquerade assomeone/something
phrasal verbwithmasqueradeverbuk/ˌmæs.kərˈeɪd/us/ˌmæs.kəˈreɪd/
topretendorappearto be someone or something:
Hooligans masquerading asprotestershaveonceagaincauseddisturbances.
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quack