roleplay

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Verb

roleplay - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

playact, act, play

dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays

perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

play - perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"

play - be performed or presented for public viewing; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years"

act, play, represent - play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

stooge - act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"

pantomime, mime - act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

ham, ham it up, overact, overplay - exaggerate one's acting

underact, underplay - act (a role) with great restraint

act - be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"

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St Helens was ranked top of the charts for Merseyside on a new "sex map" based on a formula which includes spending on sex products and sexual habits - apparently dressing up and roleplay is the favourite fantasy of residents in the town.

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Detective Inspector John Quilty, from Staffordshire CID, said: "The death of Dangar ultimately prevented prosecutors from charging him in connection with Hope's death as a result of sexually-related roleplay.

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He was always happy to come to nursery and loved to be in the roleplay area with the dolls."

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