冒充

mào chōng · mao chong

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to feign
  2. to pretend to be
  3. to pass oneself off as

In a sentence

2 examples
01

有(yǒu)人(rén)冒(mào)充(chōng)警(jǐng)察(chá)打(dǎ)电(diàn)话(huà)骗(piàn)钱(qián)。

Someone pretended to be a police officer and called to scam money.

02

他(tā)冒(mào)充(chōng)医(yī)生(shēng)进(jìn)入(rù)医(yī)院(yuàn)被(bèi)保(bǎo)安(ān)发(fā)现(xiàn)。

He passed himself off as a doctor to enter the hospital and was caught by security.

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