Definition of imposition

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Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..

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All Fools' Day :: All Fools' Day () The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced..
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..
Bam :: Bam (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Humbuggery :: Humbuggery (n.) The practice of imposition.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Immunity :: Immunity (a.) Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy..
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A trick; sham; imposition.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
Take-in :: Take-in (n.) Imposition; fraud.
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..
Hum :: Hum (n.) An imposition or hoax.
Superciliary :: Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.
Slur :: Slur (n.) A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
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