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coun⋅ter⋅feit
[koun-ter-fit] 
–adjective
| 1. | made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills. |
| 2. | pretended; unreal: counterfeit grief. |
–noun
| 3. | an imitation intended to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forgery. |
| 4. | Archaic. a copy. |
| 5. | Archaic. a close likeness; portrait. |
| 6. | Obsolete. impostor; pretender. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to make a counterfeit of; imitate fraudulently; forge. |
| 8. | to resemble. |
| 9. | to simulate. |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to make counterfeits, as of money. |
| 11. | to feign; dissemble. |
Origin:
1250–1300; (adj.) ME countrefet false, forged < AF cuntrefet, OF contrefait, ptp. of conterfere to copy, imitate, equiv. to conter- counter- + fere to make, do ≪ L facere (see fact ); (v.) ME countrefeten, v. deriv. of countrefet
1250–1300; (adj.) ME countrefet false, forged < AF cuntrefet, OF contrefait, ptp. of conterfere to copy, imitate, equiv. to conter- counter- + fere to make, do ≪ L facere (see fact ); (v.) ME countrefeten, v. deriv. of countrefet
Related forms:
coun⋅ter⋅feit⋅er, noun
coun⋅ter⋅feit⋅ly, adverb
coun⋅ter⋅feit⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify.
1. spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify.
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| coun·ter·feit (koun'tər-fĭt') v. coun·ter·feit·ed, coun·ter·feit·ing, coun·ter·feits v. tr.
[Middle English countrefeten, from contrefet, made in imitation, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, to counterfeit : contre-, counter- + faire, to make (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).] coun'ter·feit'er n. |
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counterfeiting
manufacture of false money for gain, a kind of forgery in that something is copied so as to defraud by passing it for the original or genuine article. Because of the value conferred on money and the high level of technical skill required to imitate it, counterfeiting is singled out from other acts of forgery and is treated as a separate crime
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