English-Swedish translations for sham

• hyckleri ett
  När ska vi sätta stopp för detta hyckleri?Ladies and gentlemen, when are we going to stop this sham?
  Men på grund av en definition av vilka tjänster som krävs av regeringen blev samrådet ett hyckleri - alla nonchalerades.However, because of a definition of what service was required by government, the consultation turned into a sham, everybody was ignored.
  De svagaste bland oss skall dock inte förses med bistånd som bara är hyckleri i form av moraliskt förfall, preventivmedel och abort.Yet the weakest among us should not be provided with aid that is merely a sham, and takes the form of moral devastation, contraception and abortion.

Definition of sham

• Intended to deceive; false
• counterfeit; unreal
• A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine
• Trickery, hoaxing
• A false front, or removable ornamental covering
• To deceive, cheat, lie
• To obtrude by fraud or imposition
• To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign

Examples

• It was only a sham wedding: they didnt care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them
• The time-share deal was a sham
• A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit

Related words

• shame
• ashame
• shamrock
• shampoo
• shaman
• ashamed
• shameless
• shamanism
• shambles