诈冒

詐冒

zhàmào

verb

Meanings

1 to claim (stolen goods) as one's own
2 to fraudulently impersonate
3 (dialect) to falsely claim as recipient

Characters

to cheat / defraud

to pose as / impersonate

Examples

他诈冒他人姓名签字,被警方查处。

Tā zhàmào tārén xìngmíng qiānzì, bèi jǐngfāng cháchǔ.

He fraudulently signed using someone else's name and was investigated by the police.

诈冒认领赃物属于违法行为。

Zhàmào rènlǐng zāngwù shǔyú wéifǎ xíngwéi.

Falsely claiming stolen goods is illegal.

Tips

register

Legal / formal register. Pairs nicely with 认领 (to claim) in property-fraud contexts and is also used dialectally for falsely signing for someone else's package. In everyday speech 假冒 (jiǎmào) covers most of the same ground.

Stroke Order

诈 zhà

冒 mào