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counterfeiter

Variant of counterfeit

adjective

  1. made in imitation of something genuine so as to deceive or defraud; forged: counterfeit money
  2. pretended; sham; feigned: counterfeit sorrow

noun

    1. an imitation made to deceive; forgery
    2. something that so closely resembles something else as to mislead
  1. Obsolete an impostor; cheat

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to make an imitation of (money, pictures, etc.), usually in order to deceive or defraud
  2. to pretend; feign
  3. to resemble (something) closely

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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