counterfeit
adjective
[ ˈkaʊntəfɪt ]
• made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.
• "counterfeit £10 notes"
Similar:
fake,
faked,
copied,
forged,
feigned,
simulated,
sham,
spurious,
bogus,
imitation,
substitute,
dummy,
ersatz,
knock-off,
pirate,
pirated,
phoney,
pseud,
pseudo,
cod,
counterfeit
noun
• a fraudulent imitation of something else.
• "he knew the tapes to be counterfeits"
Similar:
fake,
forgery,
copy,
reproduction,
replica,
imitation,
likeness,
lookalike,
mock-up,
dummy,
substitute,
fraud,
sham,
phoney,
pirate,
knock-off,
rip-off,
put-on,
dupe,
counterfeit
verb
• imitate fraudulently.
• "my signature is extremely hard to counterfeit"
Similar:
fake,
forge,
copy,
reproduce,
replicate,
imitate,
simulate,
feign,
falsify,
sham,
pirate,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.
