fakement
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Any act of deceit, fraud, swindling, or thieving; the act of begging under false pretenses; also, a device by which fraud is effected.
- noun Any peculiar or artistic production or piece of workmanship.
Examples
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When the tying-up fakement was over everything went off first-rate.
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Charley's next birthday I shall present him, I think, with a proper pearly suit, with kicksies cut saucy over the trotters, and an artful fakement down the side, if the Society will allow me.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
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"We're all ready for the fakement -- pops primed -- and I tell you what, Rob Rust, I've made my clasp-knife as sharp as a razor, and damme, if Lady Rookwood offers any resistance, I'll spoil her talking in future, I promise you."
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It is plain that at this point the whole story has become what Borrow calls a 'fakement.'
Note
The word 'fakement' comes from 'fake' (in the sense of 'swindler, trickster') plus '-ment'.
