sham

sham
sham 1 /'sham/ n: something that is false, deceptive, misleading, or otherwise not genuine
sham 2 adj: not genuine: intended to mislead or deceive: false illusory
the sale for one dollar was a sham transfer of property

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

sham
I noun chicanery, counterfeit, deception, delusion, dolus, fabrication, fake, fallacia, false show, feint, forgery, fraud, ffaus, guise, imitation, impersonation, impostor, imposture, masquerade, misrepresentation, mock, pretense, reproduction, simulacrum, simulation, trick, trickery associated concepts: sham defense, sham pleading II index artifice, bogus, cloak, colorable (specious), cover (pretext), deceit, deception, deceptive, delusive, disguise, duplicity, evasion, fabricate (make up), fake, false (not genuine), false pretense, feign, fictitious, forgery, fraud, fraudulent, hoax, imitation, imposture, invent (falsify), mendacious, meretricious, misrepresent, pretend, pretense (ostentation), pretense (pretext), pretext, prevaricate, profess (pretend), recreant, role, ruse, spurious, subterfuge

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


sham
n.
Something that is false; a fake; a pretense.
adj.
False; not what it is purported to be.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


sham
1 n. A counterfeit; something that is not what it seems or appears to be; a fake; a person pretending to be something or someone other than who she really is.
2 adj. Deceitful or dishonest.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


sham
False; without substance.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


sham
False; without substance.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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