EGAVE

bogus

About 0.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
    He was arrested for trying to cash a bogus check at the bank.
  2. adjective Undesirable or harmful.
  3. adjective Incorrect, useless, or broken.
  4. adjective Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
  5. adjective Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
    bogus laws
  6. noun A liquor made of rum and molasses.
  7. noun Counterfeit money.

Similar words

fake phoney phony counterfeit bastard imitative spurious faux mendacious misleading

Often followed by

and pipeline or claims information one money charley as

Word family

bogusly bogusness bogusnesses

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