impersonation

2 definitions • 4 examples

the act of intentionally copying another person's characteristics, such as his or her behaviour, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh:

do an impersonation He does a brilliant impersonation of Charles.

Sally enlivens her anecdotes with hilarious impersonations.

the act of attempting to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person:

He was charged with impersonation of a police officer.

Voter impersonation is the least common kind of voter fraud.