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n

A counterfeit; something that is not what it seems or appears to be; a fake; a person pretending to be something or someone other than who she really is. 
adj. Deceitful or dishonest. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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