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[ʃæm] 1. noun(something that is pretended, not genuine: The whole trial was a sham.) podvod2. adjective(pretended, artificial or false: a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham?) předstíraný; falešný3. verb(to pretend (to be in some state): He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming.) předstírat* * *• falešný
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Sham — Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. [1913 Webster] Fooled and shammed into a conviction. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To obtrude by fraud or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sham peer review — or malicious peer review is a name given to the abuse of a medical peer review process to attack a doctor for personal or other non medical reasons.[1] The American Medical Association conducted an investigation of medical peer review in 2007 and … Wikipedia
sham — 1 / sham/ n: something that is false, deceptive, misleading, or otherwise not genuine sham 2 adj: not genuine: intended to mislead or deceive: false illusory the sale for one dollar was a sham transfer of property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… … Law dictionary
sham pleading — see pleading 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sham pleading n … Law dictionary
sham — [sham] n. [prob. < N Eng dial. var. of SHAME] 1. Obs. a trick or fraud 2. a) an imitation that is meant to deceive; counterfeit b) a hypocritical action, deceptive appearance, etc. 3. a person who is not what he or she pretends to be; fraud;… … English World dictionary
sham — /sham/, n., adj., v., shammed, shamming. n. 1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. 2. a person who shams; shammer. 3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow… … Universalium
Sham — (sh[a^]m), n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoints; a make believe; delusion; imposture; humbug. A mere sham … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sham — adj being a treatment or procedure that is performed as a control and that is similar to but omits a key therapeutic element of the treatment or procedure under investigation <sham surgery, in which doctors make an incision in a patient s knee … Medical dictionary
Sham El Nessim — (Coptic: Coptic|Ϭⲱⲙ‘ⲛⲛⲓⲥⲓⲙ shom en nisim ), ( ar. شم النسيم, literally sniffing the air or breathing the air ) is an Egyptian holiday which can be traced back as far as 2700 B.C. It is a public holiday occurring annually on Easter Monday, the day … Wikipedia
sham — ► NOUN 1) a person or thing that is not what they are claimed to be. 2) pretence. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bogus; false. ► VERB (shammed, shamming) ▪ pretend or pretend to be. DERIV … English terms dictionary
Sham (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename= Sham sire= Pretense grandsire = Endeavour dam= Seqoia damsire= Princequillo colour= bay sex= Stallion foaled= 1970 country= USA breeder= Claiborne Farm owner= Claiborne Farm Sigmund Sommer trainer= Frank… … Wikipedia