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to counterfeit

to counterfeit

4 6.9
To make a false copy of money or documents to trick people
  • verb
  • /ˈkaʊntərˌfɪt/
translation icon : falsificar
  • And so handbags are a great product to counterfeit and get massive profit from for people with no ethics.

In fact, this person is a worse wrongdoer than those who counterfeit the coinage.

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Examples

  • Today, we use modern-day currency and coins as money because they are handy, nonperishable, easy to count, and difficult to counterfeit.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The criminals tried to counterfeit the new banknotes, hoping to sell them for a profit.

  • Why don't you just counterfeit the money yourself?

  • Just don't ask him to counterfeit the British pound.

  • That must have made early punch cutting relatively easy because the printed letters were being used to counterfeit handwritten documents.

    Academic text (2005)
  • They were often counterfeiting IDs to get in the door.

  • They cannot command 'armies', but they can counterfeit money to loan to governments who want to conscript armies.

    Blog text (6)
  • In the Bank of North America's charter, the Continental Congress explicitly recommended that states create laws "making it a felony without benefit of clergy for any person to counterfeit bank notes or to pass such notes, knowing them to be counterfeit."

    Academic text (2016)
  • It's illegal to counterfeit documents such as passports or driver's licenses.

  • Authorities are cracking down on those who counterfeit currency to protect the economy.

Synonyms

to fake
vsto counterfeit
195 4.2

To make or change something to trick people

denotes exact imitation aimed at financial or document fraud
to forge
vsto counterfeit
  • NSFW
66 7.1

To make a fake copy of a document or signature to deceive people

focuses on precise imitation of money or documents to defraud

Antonyms

40 5.8

To make something legal or officially accepted

to authenticate
  • Specialized
35 6.7

Show that something is real or that a person is who they say they are

How Deceptive

to pass off
18 6.9
to counterfeit
4 6.9
to forge
  • NSFW
66 7.1
to falsify
  • Formal
44 7.3

Surface Forms

counterfeit infinitive
counterfeited past participle
counterfeiting present participle
counterfeits third person singular

Etymology

Counterfeit comes from old parts counter- 'against' and -feit 'made', so to counterfeit something is to 'make against' the original — to make a fake in order to deceive people.