impositor

  • 21impositivo — adj. 1. Que serve para impor. 2. Que impõe. = IMPOSITOR   ‣ Etimologia: latim impositivus, a, um …

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  • 22impostor — (also imposter) ► NOUN ▪ a person who assumes a false identity in order to deceive or defraud. ORIGIN Latin, contraction of impositor, from imponere (see IMPOSE(Cf. ↑impose)) …

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  • 23impostor — [16] An impostor is etymologically someone who ‘imposes’ on others. The word comes via French imposteur from late Latin impostor, a contraction of classical Latin impositor. This was a derivative of imponere ‘put on’, hence ‘inflict, deceive’ (a… …

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  • 24im|pos|ter — im|pos|tor or im|pos|ter «ihm POS tuhr», noun. 1. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive or defraud others. 2. a deceiver; cheat. ╂[< Latin impositor < impōnere; see etym. under impost1 (Cf. ↑impost)] …

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  • 25im|pos|tor — or im|pos|ter «ihm POS tuhr», noun. 1. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive or defraud others. 2. a deceiver; cheat. ╂[< Latin impositor < impōnere; see etym. under impost1 (Cf. ↑impost)] …

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