impersonation
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The police have launched a manhunt for Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who had been presenting himself as the "PFIPC director general", on suspicion of forgery, impersonation and related offences.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Tinubu said the integrity of the presidency and federal institutions "must be protected against impersonation, forgery, abuse of official identity and the exploitation of weaknesses in the public service".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"To protect against impersonation, we've held the highest-profile names... so they can only ever be claimed by their legitimate owners," it said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Others that begin well and then fall over: Mr. David does a fairly dead-on impersonation of Joseph McCarthy, but the sketch has nowhere else to go and so turns frantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Brian, typically, started doing an impersonation of Mom carrying on and sobbing, but no one was laughing, so he picked up his books and walked out of the house.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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