counterfeiter
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌfiːtər/
:
falsificador
- A skilled counterfeiter managed to produce convincing replicas of important documents.
- catch counterfeiters
- ring of counterfeiters
- deter counterfeiters
But instead I stumbled upon the world's greatest counterfeiter.
- But instead I stumbled upon the world's greatest counterfeiter.
Examples
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According to one of Van Meegeren's biographers, this exploit was merely the culmination of a career as a counterfeiter stretching back into the 1920s.
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Treasury department handles counterfeiters.
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The best counterfeiter in France.
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- The target's a major counterfeiter - involved in the murder of a federal agent.
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I discovered your boyfriend is a counterfeiter and a killer.
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Big Raymond, you're the only counterfeiter here.
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The folks at mises.org will call him a fraud and a counterfeiter.
Blog text (16) -
My partner and I have been tracking a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills across the state.
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Since his release from prison in 1974, Frank has helped the FBI capture some of the world's most elusive check forgers and counterfeiters and is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on bank fraud and forgery.
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The police arrested a notorious counterfeiter who was printing fake money in his basement.
Synonyms
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3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
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4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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5.2
A person who pretends to be someone else or lies to trick people
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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6.3
A person who makes fake money, documents, or art to trick people
A person who makes fake coins to pass as real
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who cheats or overcharges people to get money
How Illegal
Surface Forms
Morphology
counterfeiter = counterfeit (transparent) = counterfeit + er
The agentive suffix '-er' attaches to the verb 'counterfeit' to produce 'person who counterfeits', a straightforward and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Counterfeiter comes from old parts contra 'against' and facere 'to make', and it originally meant 'made in imitation', or a copy that looks real. So a counterfeiter is someone who makes fake money, documents, or art to trick people.