Faker
(noun)
- A person who pretends to be something or someone they are not, typically in order to deceive or defraud others.
- A person who does not have the skills or qualifications they claim to have.
Origin:
From fake (not genuine, fraudulent or counterfeit) + -er (a suffix indicating a person or thing that performs a particular action).
Examples:
- He was caught as a faker, pretending to be a doctor.
- The police arrested a faker who was selling fake designer handbags.
- She was exposed as a faker, with no real qualifications in the field.
- The company fired the faker after discovering he had falsified his resume.
- The faker had been tricking people for years, pretending to be someone else.