FAKE a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.

n.
1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
2. Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead
one's opponent or the opposing team.
v. faked, faking, fakes
v.tr.
1. To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit: fake a signature.
2. To simulate; feign: faked his death so his wife would collect insurance
money.
3. Music To improvise (a passage).
4. Sports To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.
v.intr.
1. To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.
2. Sports To perform a fake.
[From earlier slang, to do, rob, tamper with, from earlier feak, to beat and
feague, to beat, set moving, cause (a horse) to hold its tail high by
artificial means, fake (as in feager, one using false documents), perhaps
from German fegen, to sweep, move briskly, torment, or Dutch vegen, to
sweep.]