bogus

bo·gus (b

adj.

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks.

[From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money.]

bogus [ˈbəʊgəs]

adj

spurious or counterfeit; not genuine a bogus note

[from bogus apparatus for making counterfeit money; perhaps related to bogey¹]

bogusly adv

bogusness n

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Adj.

bogus - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

bastard, fake, phoney, phony

counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

bogus

adjective fake, false, artificial, forged, dummy, imitation, sham, fraudulent, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, spurious, ersatz, phoney or phony (informal) bogus insurance claims
real, true, actual, genuine, authentic, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)

Translations

bogus [ˈbəʊgəs] ADJ [claim] → falso, fraudulento; [interest] → fingido; [doctor, policeman] → falso

bogus [ˈbəʊgəs] adj

[asylum seeker] → faux*(fausse)

[claim, figure] → bidon inv

[company] → fantôme

a bogus marriage → un mariage blanc

bogus

adj doctor, lawyer, name → falsch; pearls also, document → gefälscht; company, transaction → Schwindel-; claim → erfunden; bogus asylum seekers → Scheinasylanten pl (pej)

bogus [ˈbəʊgəs] adj (jewels, claim) → falso/a, fasullo/a; (person, attitude) → finto/a

bogus

adj bogus [ˈbəugəs]

false; not genuine She was fooled by his bogus identity card. vals, vervalste زائِفٌ флашив falešný uægte; falsk unecht πλαστός, ψεύτικος falso võltsitud قلابی؛ دروغین väärennetty faux מִתחָזֶה, מְזוָּיף जाली, मिथ्या, नकली lažan hamis palsu óekta, falskur falso 偽の 가짜의 netikras, fiktyvus neīsts; viltots; fiktīvs palsu vals falsk, uekte podrobiony falso fals поддельный falošný ponarejen lažan falsk, oäkta ไม่แท้ sahte, taklit 偽造的 підроблений; фіктивний جعلی ، نقلی giả 伪造的

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artificial assumed bastard bona fide counterfeit dummy ersatz fake false fictitious forged genuine meretricious mock phoney phony pretended pseudo- sham	We would do up the paper again, just as it was, and slip in, very elaborate and soft, and lay it on the bunk again, and let on WE didn't know about any trick, and hadn't any idea he was a-laughing at us behind them bogus snores of his'n; and we would stick by him, and the first night we was ashore we would get him drunk and search him, and get the di'monds; and DO for him, too, if it warn't too risky. Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context The event of Tess Durbeyfield's return from the manor of her bogus kinsfolk was rumoured abroad, if rumour be not too large a word for a space of a square mile. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context And when they would have passed on, the merchant bit the coins which they had given him, with his teeth, and turned them about and looked curiously upon them, and cast them upon his counter, and listened if they rang; and then he said, These be bogus. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context	bogeyman Boggard boggart bogged down bogger bogging boggle Boggler Bogglish boggy bogie Bogie engine bogle bogman bogmat Bognor Regis BOGOF bogong Bogor Bogota Bogotá Bogsucker bogtrotter Bogtrotting Bogue bogus bogwood bogy bogyism boh Bohai bohea Bohemia Bohemian Bohemian Brethren Bohemian chatterer Bohemian Forest Bohemian glass Bohemian olive Bohemian waxwing bohemianism Bohemond I Böhm Böhm flute Bohme Böhme boho Bohol Bohr Bohr effect Bohr magneton	BOGSAG BOGSAT BOGSATT Bogsby Bogsby Bogside doodlebug Bogside doodlebug Bogside doodlebug Bogside doodlebug Bogside Republican Youth Bogsucker BoGT BOGTF bogtrotter bogtrotters Bogtrotting Bogu Boguchar Bogucharskii, V. Bogue Bogué Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge bogue out Bogue Sound Bogues Bogumilism Bogumils Bogun, Ivan bogus Bogus Basin Ski Racing Alliance Bogus Millions of Instructions Per Second Bogus Therapy Bogus Therapy Bogus Therapy Bogus Therapy Bogush, Lev Bogush, Lev Konstantinovich Bogushevich, Frantsisk Bogushevich, Frantsisk Kazimirovich Bogushevsk Boguski, Jozef Jerzy Boguski, Józef Jerzy Boguslav Boguslavskii, Sergei Boguslavskii, Sergei Anatolevich Boguslawski, Wojciech bogusly bogusly bogusness bogusness BOGW bogwood bogy bogy bogy bogyism Bogyman bogymen Bogza

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phoney
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We would do up the paper again, just as it was, and slip in, very elaborate and soft, and lay it on the bunk again, and let on WE didn't know about any trick, and hadn't any idea he was a-laughing at us behind them bogus snores of his'n; and we would stick by him, and the first night we was ashore we would get him drunk and search him, and get the di'monds; and DO for him, too, if it warn't too risky.

Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context

The event of Tess Durbeyfield's return from the manor of her bogus kinsfolk was rumoured abroad, if rumour be not too large a word for a space of a square mile.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

And when they would have passed on, the merchant bit the coins which they had given him, with his teeth, and turned them about and looked curiously upon them, and cast them upon his counter, and listened if they rang; and then he said, These be bogus.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

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