How to use "bogus" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "bogus" in popular movie and book plots

  • mr X is also running a bogus hospital where victims are killed on the operating table, and their coffins stuffed with narcotics.  - Behind the Mask (1932 film)
  • Duped by a bogus overseas employment agency, Surya loses all his hard earned money he had saved for going to Dubai.  - Striker (2010 film)
  • Miller then confronts Dayne about the bogus intel she published, but she refuses to identify Magellan, her source.  - Green Zone (film)
  • He interferes secretly in the relationship between Julie and her husband, Phil, planting bogus evidence of secret love affairs.  - Hider in the House (film)
  • With her reference letter depending on it, Sally goes to the house to find a bogus mrs Simpson, a dead body, and missing diamonds.  - The Fuller Brush Girl
  • While giving tours of the bogus mine, Joe extols its beauty and sells stock to anyone he can.  - Mexican Hayride
  • The bogus priest now dupes Bao Sanfeng into believing the Long family is his nemesis.  - Kids From Shaolin
  • Back at Richard’s house they compose the bogus "Ransom Note" and proceed with their plans.  - Thrill Me
  • He explains that he is taking discarded phones and paying to have them reactivated using bogus accounts and then selling them as new.  - Reformation (The Wire)
  • and saints, when you get right down to it, are a pretty bogus lot".  - The Secret Pilgrim
  • Tracy does not give up and makes a bogus call to the police insinuating a kidnapping.  - No Deposit, No Return
  • Casey receives many bogus phone calls from local women, but when Norah calls, he realizes she is genuine.  - The Blue Gardenia
  • When Palmieri discovers Peter's ties to Tim, he bullies Peter into setting Tim up by putting him in touch with a bogus tipster.  - True Colors (1991 film)
  • mrs Dai Bread Two swindles mrs Dai Bread One with a bogus fortune in her crystal ball.  - Under Milk Wood
  • As it turns out, Rosen is doing a bogus investigation and has leaked it with the purpose of squeezing Gallagher for information.  - Absence of Malice
  • Anderson and Ward exploit the new information to concoct a plan, luring identified KKK collaborators to a bogus meeting.  - Mississippi Burning

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