Crossword clues for personation
personation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Personation \Per`son*a"tion\, n. The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character 2 The roles or characters so played 3 (context UK English) The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.
WordNet
n. imitating the mannerisms of another person [syn: impersonation]
acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture [syn: portrayal, characterization, enactment]
Wikipedia
Personation (rather than impersonation) is a term used in law for the specific kind of voter fraud where an individual votes in an election, whilst pretending to be a different elector.
Many jurisdictions allow electors to nominate an individual to vote on their behalf, in certain circumstances; this is known as proxy voting. Whilst voting with an invalid proxy form could be considered personation, it is usual for an intent to deceive to be required for such an act to be considered criminal.
Usage examples of "personation".
For his merits in these—all more or less based upon his experiences as a dragoon-guardsman—Troy was taken into the company, and the play of Turpin was prepared with a view to his personation of the chief character.
The portents described as heralding the fall of the Aztec Empire, and many of the incidents and events written of in this story, such as the annual personation of the god Tezcatlipoca by a captive distinguished for his personal beauty, and destined to sacrifice, are in the main historical.
Any other man here would have rejoiced to see his son or daughter chosen for the personation, but it was yours who best met all the qualifications.