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How to pronounce bogus in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bastard, fake, phoney, phony

Examples of bogus

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The bogus offer of a refund comes in an email purporting to be from British Gas.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Reports by the regime of major losses in security officers are simply put bogus.
From the guardian.co.uk
As it seems to be at odds with other published data, I suspect it is also bogus.
From the newscientist.com
The Utah Republican says the list used for those calculations is probably bogus.
From the sltrib.com
Asked about this bogus tweet, NRCC spokesman Paul Lindsay admitted it was wrong.
From the newsweek.com
There are bogus names, made-up addresses, dead people and Hollywood celebrities.
From the sacbee.com
Not just by personality, but because the position of inspector general is bogus.
From the timesunion.com
The bogus trades gave the false impression that his portfolio was well balanced.
From the dealbook.nytimes.com
Calls to her credit card revealed another bogus charge for $7,500 at Home Depot.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  • Bogus is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Norman Jewison, written by Alvin Sargent, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gerard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment. It features magic tricks with magician Whit Haydn as consultant. ...
  • Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; Undesirable or harmful; Incorrect, useless, or broken; Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp); Based ...
  • This is an unauthorised stamps or label.
  • A fictitious stamp-like label created for sale to collectors. Bogus issues include labels for nonexistent countries, nonexistent values appended to regularly issued sets and issues for nations or similar entities without postal systems.
  • Something that is not true, something fake
  • An unofficial stamp privately printed in order to deceive collectors. Sometimes bearing the name of a non-existent country, or designed to resemble a real stamp.
  • Is the term used to describe a label that looks like a stamp; it is not good for postage.
  • Fake or deceitful, bad or useless, not good, not acceptable