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counterfeit

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1. counterfeit - Noun

2. counterfeit - Adjective

3. counterfeit - Verb

Meaning

Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.

Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.

That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.

One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.

To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

To make counterfeits.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he faked the signature Source: Internet

they counterfeited dollar bills Source: Internet

She forged a Green Card Source: Internet

counterfeit emotion Source: Internet

counterfeit money Source: Internet

counterfeit works of art Source: Internet

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