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charade
noun as in pretense
Example Sentences
Ferguson, standing alone when the court’s majority allowed the racist charade of “separate but equal.”
They appear to know the victims of this charade aren’t criminals, but ordinary people just trying to live their lives.
"Multi-club structures hide behind the charade of a 'blind trust' while clubs such as ours, who have no connection to another club whatsoever, are prevented from playing in the same competition," Palace said.
"We divided attendees into groom and bride's teams and organised games like charades and guessing who the relative is from a stereotype," said CEO Anurag Pandey.
He read out the rules for what was essentially an arena-scale game of charades between him and the audience, in which his number of wins determined which costume he donned for the next act.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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