• Dutch: nep, imitatie
• Finnish: jäljennös, väärennös
• German: Fälschung , Imitat
• Japanese: まがいもの

• Dutch: bedrog, oplichterij, kwakzalverij
• Finnish: huijaus, petos, huiputus
• German: Schwindel , Mogelei , Betrug
• Greek: ψευδής (psevthís)
• Japanese: ごまかし

See also

• pillow sham

Verb

1. To deceive, cheat, lie.

   You were shammed by the pool shark.

Translations

Sham may refer to:

• Sham (horse), American Thoroughbred horse born in 1970 who won multiple graded stakes races
• Sham, Alpha Sagittae star
• Sham (Arabic: شام), al-Sham, or Bilad al-Sham, a region in the Middle East partially including Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan
  • Ash-Shām or Sham (الشام) can also sometimes mean Damascus
• Sham (One Piece), a minor character in the Japanese anime One Piece
• Sham 69, English punk band
• Sham, a word for the cover of a pillow

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