[ noun ] pretending to be another person <noun.act>
Imposture \Im*pos"ture\, n. [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See {Impone}.] The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. --Johnson.
Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
Unless you count con man and ex-con James Woods, his brain honed to a point by years of gainful imposture.