faked Definition

fake
noun

1. Someone or something, or an act that is not genuine.

Thesaurus: imitation, hoax, sham, phoney, forgery, fraud, imposter, charlatan, mountebank.

adj

1. Not genuine; false; counterfeit.

Thesaurus: false, phoney, artificial, imitation, simulated, mock, ersatz, affected, spurious, pseudo, bogus; Antonym: genuine.

verb faked, faking

1. To alter something dishonestly; to falsify something or make something up.

Thesaurus: fabricate, counterfeit, copy, forge.
tr & intr
2. To pretend to feel (an emotion) or have (an illness).

Thesaurus: pretend, put on, affect, simulate, feign.

Derivative: fakery
noun

The act of faking.

Etymology: 18c.