counterfeit

³counterfeit

noun

Definition of COUNTERFEIT

1

: something counterfeit : forgery

2

: something likely to be mistaken for something of higher value <pity was a counterfeit of love — Harry Hervey>

Examples of COUNTERFEIT

1. <the will as well as the other documents turned out to be counterfeits>

First Known Use of COUNTERFEIT

15th century

Related to COUNTERFEIT

Synonyms: fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham

Related Words: copycat, knockoff; copy, facsimile, replica, reproduction; dummy, mock-up; fraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindle; simulation, synthetic; bastard, brummagem, duffer, shoddy

Near Antonyms: original

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See Synonym Discussion at imposture

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi