Fake

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Fake is a term used to describe or imply something which is not real. For example, a document or other object created to look like a real object that exists or could exist, or a performance where an event is played, or untrue statements.

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
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 Dot 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.

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