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bogus

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bo·gus  (bgs)
adj.
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks.
[From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money.]
bogus [boh-guss]
Adjective
not genuine [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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) assumed << OPPOSITE genuine
Translations
bogus [ˈbəugəs] adj → falso, fraudulento; [person] → fingido
bogus [ˈbəugəs] adj → bidon inv; fantôme
bogus [ˈbəugəs] adj (workman etc) → falsch;
(claim) → erfunden
bogus [ˈbəugəs] adj → falso/a; 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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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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