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   impersonate

   /ɪmˈpəːsəneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud: "it's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘personify’): from in-2 ‘into’ + Latin persona ‘person’, on the pattern of incorporate.

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