Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud.
- intransitive verb To make a pretense of; feign.
- intransitive verb To carry on a deception; dissemble.
- intransitive verb To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.
- adjective Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud.
- adjective Simulated; feigned.
- noun A fraudulent imitation or facsimile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made in semblance or imitation of an original; imitated; copied; factitious.
- Specifically, made in imitation of an original, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy as genuine or original; forged; spurious: as, counterfeit coin; a counterfeit bond or deed; a counterfeit bill of exchange.
- Feigned; simulated; false; hypocritical: as, a counterfeit friend.
- Counterfeiting; dissembling; cheating.
- Deformed; unnatural.
- noun An imitation; a copy; something made in imitation of or strongly resembling another; rarely, a likeness; a portrait; an image.
- noun Specifically, an imitation or copy designed to pass as an original.
- noun One who feigns or simulates; a counterfeiter; an impostor.
- To make a semblance of; make or be a copy of; copy; imitate; resemble; be like.
- Specifically, to make a copy of without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy as original or genuine; forge: as, to
counterfeit coin, bank-notes, a seal, a bond, a deed or other instrument in writing, the handwriting or signature of another, etc. - To feign; make a pretense of; simulate; pretend; put on a semblance of: as, to
counterfeit piety. - To make in imitation, or as a counterpart of something else.
- To feign or pretend to be (what one is not).
- Synonyms Mimic, Ape, etc. (see
imitate ), forge, simulate, sham, feign. - To feign; dissemble; carry on a fiction or deception.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
- adjective Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original.
- adjective Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical.
- noun That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
- noun That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true.
- noun One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
- transitive verb To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic.
- transitive verb To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge
- intransitive verb To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
- intransitive verb To make counterfeits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
False , especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of beinggenuine . - adjective
Inauthentic - noun A non-genuine article; a
fake . - noun One who counterfeits; a
counterfeiter . - verb transitive To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
- verb transitive, obsolete To produce a faithful copy of.
- verb transitive, obsolete To feign.
- verb transitive, poker Of a
turn orriver card, toinvalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not genuine; imitating something superior
- verb make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- noun a copy that is represented as the original
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You can see from this video that the counterfeit is almost as dull as the real thing; an astonishing achievement.
The Anglican Church of Canada is not obsessed with sex. At all. « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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You can see from this video that the counterfeit is almost as dull as the real thing; an astonishing achievement.
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But of what they call counterfeit pleasures they make naught; as of pride in apparel and gems, or in vain honours; or of dicing; or hunting, which they deem the most abject kind of butchery.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Various 1910
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The traffic in counterfeit medicines in developing countries is a worldwide gaping wound.
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At least $4 million in counterfeit U.S. currency has flooded into Iraq since December, and U.S. and Iraqi officials are trying to determine how much of the counterfeiting is purely criminal and how much might be an Iranian attempt to influence Iraqi politics.
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Cross-border trade in counterfeit and pirated goods is a growing global problem that often involves organized criminal networks.
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Cross-border trade in counterfeit and pirated goods is a growing global problem that often involves organized criminal networks.
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Convicted Felon - case involved SIXTY MILLION dollars in counterfeit
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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For example, a great and easy step is to notify grading services when coins in counterfeit holders appear in the marketplace so that appropriate action can be taken, said Schechter.
Hobby Leaders Discuss Anti-Counterfeiting Actions : Coin Collecting News 2010
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At least it would be no more than they have come to expect from repeated exercises in counterfeit democracy staged, it seems, more for the benefit of international audiences (and voters) than for the Afghan electorate.
Ann Jones: Big Men, Big Money, Big Voting Scam: The American Midterm Election -- in Afghanistan Ann Jones 2010
padawan commented on the word counterfeit
counterfeit: imitation.
contrahecho: misshapen.
June 1, 2008