shams

noun

Things or people that are not what they appear to be; deceptions or frauds.

"Their promises were exposed as shams."

verb

Pretends to be something or someone, especially to deceive or avoid work.

"He often shams illness to miss school."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: fictitious, assumed, put on, imitative, pretended, fictive, false, counterfeit, role player, impostor, pretender, shammer