counterfeit
IPA: kˈaʊntɝfɪt
noun
- A non-genuine article; a fake.
- One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
- (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
- (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
verb
- (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
- (transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
adjective
- False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- Inauthentic.
- Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
Advertisement
Examples of "counterfeit" in Sentences
- Counterfeit copies of the album exist.
- It was hidden in the counterfeit bills.
- Counterfeit copies of the album exist also.
- The apparent efficiency of the Dobbs was counterfeit.
- The intent of the new design was to deter counterfeiting.
- Chuck believes the crate contains the counterfeit plates.
- Adulterated and counterfeit drugs are a problem in Nigeria.
- Counterfeit versions of the vinyl album appeared in the late 1990s.
- Convicted Felon - case involved SIXTY MILLION dollars in counterfeit
- This is not the counterfeiting page or the copyright infringement page.
- It shows the beginnings of a counterfeit Christianity in the first century.
- The traffic in counterfeit medicines in developing countries is a worldwide gaping wound.
- You can see from this video that the counterfeit is almost as dull as the real thing; an astonishing achievement.
- Cross-border trade in counterfeit and pirated goods is a growing global problem that often involves organized criminal networks.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Advertisement
Advertisement