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   phantom

   /ˈfantəm/

   noun

   • 1. a ghost: "a phantom who haunts lonely roads" Similar ghostapparitionspiritspectrewraithshadowbodachduppyinformal:spookliterary:phantasmshaderevenantwightrare:eidolonmanes
   • ▪ a figment of the imagination: "he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality" Similar figment of the imaginationdelusionhallucinationillusionchimeravisionfantasymiragerare:phantasm
   • ▪ not real; illusory: "a phantom conspiracy"
   • ▪ denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes: "he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into ‘phantom’ bank accounts"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘illusion, delusion’): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm).

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