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utterer

utterer

9.9
A person who tries to pass fake money as real
  • noun
  • /ˈʌtərər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : falsificador
  • The police arrested the utterer after he tried to spend several fake twenty-dollar bills.

Examples

  • In court, the accused utterer denied knowing the coins were counterfeit.

  • Many utterers are caught trying to use counterfeit bills.

  • Authorities believe the utterer had been working with a larger forgery ring.

  • The police arrested the utterer after he tried to pay with fake money.

  • The police apprehended the utterer when he attempted to purchase items with forged banknotes.

  • During the investigation, they discovered that the utterer had distributed many counterfeit coins.

  • Detectives are on the lookout for an utterer who has been operating in several states with fake currency.

Synonyms

paperhanger
vsutterer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who pays with fake money or bad checks

focuses on coins and forged banknotes rather than paper payment fraud

Surface Forms

utterer singular
utterers plural

Morphology

utterer = utter (opaque) = utter + er

This sense relies on a specialized legal/archaic meaning of 'utter' ('to pass forged items'), which is not predictable from the common sense 'to say'.

Etymology

Utterer also has an old legal meaning from the same verb utter, where 'to utter' meant 'to put into circulation' or 'offer' money. So an utterer in this sense is someone who 'puts out' or tries to pass fake coins or notes as real.