надувательство(Yet the city pounds out its glowing rhetoric about the remarkable potential for Broadway, and claims it’s listening to what the people desire. And it did so through a public consultation process that Sirotnik and most others consider a sham. The concerns expressed to the city by citizens, Sirotnik said, were almost entirely ignored. (vancouversun.com)ART Vancouver)
притворяшка; липа(slitely_mad); шампанское(сокр. от champagne); ввод в заблуждение(Andrey Truhachev); "липовая" фирма(Wife ‘fully involved’ in scheme: Writing in his sentencing decision Friday, Justice David Crerar called the numbered company a “sham” that was incorporated primarily to evade earlier fishing prohibitions and “insulate Mr. Steer from the criminal and other consequences of his illegal fishing activities.”ctvnews.caART Vancouver); фирма-ширма(Wife ‘fully involved’ in scheme: Writing in his sentencing decision Friday, Justice David Crerar called the numbered company a “sham” that was incorporated primarily to evade earlier fishing prohibitions and “insulate Mr. Steer from the criminal and other consequences of his illegal fishing activities.”ctvnews.caART Vancouver)
ненастоящий(в некоторых случаях • Wimpole Castle, not far from Wimpole Hall, is a sham castle built in the 18th century. "Whilst this might look like an old castle, it is, in fact, a folly. It is set within the grounds of the Wimpole Estate and is accessible by foot." (Dermot Tuohey)ART Vancouver)