sham

n. போலி, மோசடி, பாசாங்கு, போலியானவர், மோசடி ஆள், போலிப்பொருள், மோசடிச் சரக்கு, படுக்கையின் பகல்நேரப் பகட்டு, மேல்விரிப்புத்துணி, (பெ.) போலியான, கள்ளத்தனமான, மோசடியான, (வினை.) பாசாங்கு செய், நடித்து ஏய், பாவனையாக நட, மாறாட்டஞ்செய், போன்று நடி.

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Sham, n. Etym: [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. "A mere sham." Bp. Stillingfleet. Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. Addison. 2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. Pillow sham, a covering to be laid on a pillow. Sham, a. Defn: False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. Jowett (Thucyd) Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shamming.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. Fooled and shammed into a conviction. L'Estrange. 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. L'Estrange. 3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. To sham Abram or Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham. Sham, v. i. Defn: To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. Macaulay.