Sham

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A sham is a fake. If you frequently order products advertised on late night, hour long television commercials, you’ve probably ended up with at least one item that was a sham. All purpose, industrial strength stain remover, anyone?

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That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

Noun
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

Noun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Verb
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

Verb
make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

Adjective S.
adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

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n.
That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

n.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

a.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

v. t.
To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

v. t.
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.

v. t.
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

v. i.
To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

Sham

Sham , n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. "A mere sham." Bp. Stillingfleet.
Believe who will the solemn sham, not I.
2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. Pillow sham, a covering to be laid on a pillow.

Sham

Sham, a. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.

Sham

Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shamming.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]
We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. To sham Abram ∨ Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.

Sham

Sham, v. i. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming.

That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

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Usage Examples

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.