"bogus name" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a false or fake name that is used for deception or to hide one's true identity. Example: The suspect gave the police officer a bogus name when asked for identification. In this sentence, "bogus name" is used to describe the false name that the suspect provided to the police officer.
Using a bogus name I sign up, and send him a couple of questions.
During the first ceasefire of 1994-96, a series of IRA killings were claimed in the bogus name of "Direct Action Against Drugs".
The prescription drugs that caused White's death were not prescribed to her and Carrey had obtained them under the bogus name Arthur King, the complaint states.
But there is no shortage of whispering -- unsubstantiated -- that some of them have supporters who would not hesitate to write down a bogus name or address.
I found only one, leading me to believe my dependable sphere might be an American creation with a bogus name, like vichyssoise.
Johnny Johnson (a bogus name, but why get him shot?) was small and middle-aged; he had, for a living, killed people on behalf of the Gordon Chandler Mob, one of Harlem's biggest heroin-and-numbers outfits.
The election commission purged 12m duplicate, deceased or bogus names from voter rolls.
The election commission has purged 12m duplicate, deceased or otherwise bogus names from voter rolls.
Mr. Ferry talked with pride about clandestine effort by the campaign — including booking hotel rooms under bogus names — to keep the nomination of Ms. Palin a surprise.
A San Francisco Bay Area television station and the National Transportation Safety Board apologized Friday after the station reported bogus names for the pilots on board the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed last week based on information from a summer intern at the board.
On a day the new Homeland Security Department wanted to trumpet streamlined and tightened border inspections for travelers entering the United States, the agency had to explain why undercover investigators had been able to cross into the country using counterfeit identification papers and bogus names.
