Fake

Fake is a term used to describe or imply something which is false. A document or other object that is real, or a performance where an event happens, or true statements. "Fake" means false.

Examples and applications include: dramatic portrayals
a film or play shows fake events, where actors show fake emotions, and where fake objects are used
fictional examples of cases in law or other fields
professional wrestling
an insult used to describe a person who lies, pretends to be something they are not, does not have an opinion of their own or pretends to like things he or she does not
deception
a forgery (a false document or picture)
a counterfeit (of an object)
a decoy
the same purpose (partly or fully) as the real thing
meat analogue
imitation fur
artificial leather
Something in .hack
fake gun: can be used to threaten, e.g. in a robbery; for this reason fake guns are often prohibited, unless clearly distinguishable from a real gun

Reasons for using a fake object instead of the real thing include: the real thing does not exist, including:
a document trying to prove something which is not true
a fantasy object
a fake version of an object may be:
more easily available
less expensive
less dangerous (e.g. a toy weapon, or a weapon prop)
less heavy
not requiring to kill an animal (meat analogue, imitation fur)
legal while the real thing is illegal
not requiring a license
decoys of a military target either require the extra effort to distinguish them from the real thing or make destruction less efficient by the need to destruct the decoys too; decoys are less expensive than the real thing; especially for missiles it is also important that they are less heavy; also they may be inflatable and therefore before deployment have a small volume; in the case of arms limitation agreements an advantage is also that they typically are not limited...

Fake

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