bogus
/ˈboʊ̯ɡəs/ adjective C2- Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. · He was arrested for trying to cash a bogus check at the bank.
- 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 on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions. · bogus laws
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A summons, a bogus appointment, and all would be over.
I'll see this sucker and fill him up with a bogus confession.
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