Imposture \Im*pos"ture\, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone.]

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. --Johnson.

Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)