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shammed
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate , assume , feign ] make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign , ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shamming .] To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] We must have a care that ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: sham )
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When you talk about shammed insanity you're looking for a close analogy to the Lapeyrot case, in which the murderers, if I may put it this way, had a particular audience in mind all along: they purposely left clues to give the police a puzzle to solve.