English-Swedish translations for phony

• falsk
  Det är samma fackförening som efter att ha varslat om en allmän strejk såg en av sina ledare, Domingo Aguilar Vázquez, gripas följande dag, den 16 mars, och häktas på falska grunder.It is the same trade union that, after announcing a general strike, saw one of its leaders, Domingo Aguilar Vázquez, captured the next day on 16 March, and arrested on phony charges.
  Bedragaren uppgav falskt namn i banken.
  Falskmyntaren försökte ta sig ur knipan genom att muta poliserna med falska sedlar.
• bedragare en
• bluff en
• oäkta

Definition of phony

• Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance
• A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.'''1902'''--
• A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.'''1902'''--
• Anything fraudulent or fake

Examples

• A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.
• He claims to be a doctor, but hes nothing but a fast-talking phony.
• Hes such a phony, he doesnt believe half of what he says.

Related words

• cacophony
• polyphony
• symphony
• colophony
• telephony
• dodecaphony
• Lusophony
• acrophony
• euphony