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# impersonate

«impersonate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To copy the voice, look or way of moving of someone…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (impersonate, impersonates, impersonated, impersonating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To copy the voice, look or way of moving of someone, usually to make people laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#m1)

2) To pretend to be another person in order to trick people, which can be a crime, for example pretending to be a police officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life comedians impersonate famous people, and children impersonate teachers in the playground. In online-safety lessons, scammers may impersonate a bank, a friend or a company in a message — so check before trusting. In law, impersonating a police officer is illegal. Phrases: impersonate a voice, impersonate a celebrity, impersonate a police officer.

### examples

- He can impersonate the head teacher's voice perfectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#x1)
- The comedian impersonated the Prime Minister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#x2)
- A scammer impersonated my aunt's bank in a text message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#x3)
- It is a crime to impersonate a police officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#x4)
- My sister impersonated a robot in the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#x5)
- Someone impersonated my friend online, so we reported the account. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/#x6)

### note

Noun: «impersonation»; person: «impersonator». Impersonating for fun is fine if it is kind; impersonating to deceive is fraud. Online safety: a message that sounds like someone you know may be an impersonation — check by another route.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impersonate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impersonate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.