pose as
phrasal verb
posed as; posing as; poses as
: to pretend to be (someone or something) in order to deceive people
She posed as a student to get free admission to the museum.
undercover cops posing as drug dealers
Examples of pose as in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The company said the site was overwhelmed by both fans and attacks from bots, which were posing as consumers to scoop up tickets and sell them on secondary sites.
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Alanna Durkin Richer and Wyatte Grantham-Philips, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
Richard Hernandez, Jesus’ son, told Torrejon that his dad thought agents were posing as tourists at the plaza to try to see if his business had any connection to the drug trade.
—Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
Then in March, a woman posing as Knezevich Henao contacted an insurance carrier to cancel three insurance policies held for the couple’s business.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Frock contacted more than a thousand Snapchat users while posing as a high school student, using the names volleygirlhan, volleygirl1025, laxguy2323 and pictures1025, to facilitate the exchange of photos and videos of underage girls, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
The gimmickry peaked in Season 4, when Spice Girls Mel B. and Emma Bunton posed as a random 20-something dude.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 8 May 2024
In 2002, the London Sunday Times sent an undercover journalist to the British Museum’s Department of Greece and Rome to pose as a work trainee; the security was so lax that the reporter was able to smuggle an ancient Greek statue of a foot out of the gallery and past guards without being caught.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Crazy Rich Asians and The Gentlemen star Golding is set to play Jacob, a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to Graham, the former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm (Jackson).
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
The elder son is the legitimate successor trustee, while the younger adult sibling posing as such is a clear case of fraud.
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
Alanna Durkin Richer and Wyatte Grantham-Philips, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
Richard Hernandez, Jesus’ son, told Torrejon that his dad thought agents were posing as tourists at the plaza to try to see if his business had any connection to the drug trade.
—Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
Then in March, a woman posing as Knezevich Henao contacted an insurance carrier to cancel three insurance policies held for the couple’s business.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Frock contacted more than a thousand Snapchat users while posing as a high school student, using the names volleygirlhan, volleygirl1025, laxguy2323 and pictures1025, to facilitate the exchange of photos and videos of underage girls, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
The gimmickry peaked in Season 4, when Spice Girls Mel B. and Emma Bunton posed as a random 20-something dude.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 8 May 2024
In 2002, the London Sunday Times sent an undercover journalist to the British Museum’s Department of Greece and Rome to pose as a work trainee; the security was so lax that the reporter was able to smuggle an ancient Greek statue of a foot out of the gallery and past guards without being caught.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Crazy Rich Asians and The Gentlemen star Golding is set to play Jacob, a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to Graham, the former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm (Jackson).
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
The elder son is the legitimate successor trustee, while the younger adult sibling posing as such is a clear case of fraud.
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
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“Pose as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pose%20as. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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