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faked death
[ feykt deth ]
noun
- the act of convincing others that one’s own pretended death is real, often to escape such circumstances as debt or abuse and to thereafter live undetected:
Fraudulent insurance claims involving the “survivors” of faked deaths are not as uncommon as you may think.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of faked death1
First recorded in 1905–10
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