Phoney (Adjective)
Meaning
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The salesman was caught selling phoney goods to unsuspecting tourists on the street corner.
- She suspected that the charity was a phoney organization set up to scam people out of their money.
- The detective was tasked with uncovering the phoney trading scheme that had been operating for months.
- The phoney website looked almost identical to the real one, making it a convincing scam.
- After verifying the documents, it was clear that the ID was a phoney and had been created to deceive the authorities.