spoof

parodie

Imitation amusante d’un film, d’une personne ou d’un style, qui en exagère les traits ou les rend ridicules.

En anglais simple : A funny imitation of a film, person, or style that makes its features seem silly or extreme.

• We watched a funny spy spoof.
• The film is a spoof of old horror movies.
• Her comedy show includes spoofs of famous adverts.

Comment l'utiliser : a spoof of something (They made a spoof of a famous detective series.)

Synonymes : parody, send-up

Expressions courantes : spoof of something, horror spoof, spy spoof

usurpation d’identité

Attaque en ligne ou élément numérique falsifié qui semble provenir d’une source fiable.

En anglais simple : An online attack or fake digital item that pretends to come from a trusted source.

• That bank website is a spoof.
• The security team detected an email spoof.
• A convincing spoof persuaded users to enter their passwords.

Expressions courantes : email spoof, website spoof, address spoof

canular

Ruse destinée à faire croire quelque chose de faux, souvent pour plaisanter.

En anglais simple : A trick intended to make someone believe something false, often as a joke.

• The announcement was a spoof.
• His friends planned a harmless spoof for his birthday.
• Everyone believed the story until the spoof was revealed.

Synonymes : hoax, prank

Expressions courantes : elaborate spoof, harmless spoof

parodier

Imiter quelqu’un ou quelque chose de manière amusante pour le rendre ridicule.

En anglais simple : To imitate someone or something in a funny way that makes them seem silly.

• The sketch spoofs a famous actor.
• They spoofed several detective films.
• Her new comedy spoofs the world of fashion.

Synonymes : parody, mock

Expressions courantes : spoof a movie, spoof someone, spoof a genre

usurper, falsifier

Falsifier une identité ou une source numérique pour faire croire qu’elle appartient à quelqu’un d’autre.

En anglais simple : To fake a digital identity or source so that it appears to belong to someone else.

• Scammers can spoof your phone number.
• The attackers spoofed the sender’s email address.
• Someone is spoofing the company website to steal passwords.

Synonymes : fake, falsify

Expressions courantes : spoof an address, spoof a website, spoof caller identity

tromper, duper

Amener une personne ou un système à accepter de fausses informations ou à réagir de manière incorrecte.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something accept false information or respond in the wrong way.

• The false signal spoofed the radar.
• They tried to spoof the enemy with misleading messages.
• The device can spoof sensors into reporting the wrong distance.

Comment l'utiliser : spoof someone/something into doing something (The signal spoofed the system into reporting a false position.)

Synonymes : trick, fool, deceive

Expressions courantes : spoof someone, spoof a system, spoof enemy radar