counterfeiter

counterfeiter
n.
A person who makes fake copies of money or other objects and passes them off as genuine.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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  • Counterfeiter — Coun ter*feit er ( f?t ?r), n. 1. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. [1913 Webster] The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. Camden. [1913 Webster] 2. One… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • counterfeiter — counterfeit counterfeit 2 verb [transitive] LAW to copy something so that it looks like something else, usually illegally: • We must mark coins in a way that makes them harder to counterfeit. counterfeiter noun [countable] …   Financial and business terms

  • counterfeiter — counterfeit ► ADJECTIVE ▪ made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud. ► NOUN ▪ a forgery. ► VERB 1) imitate fraudulently. 2) pretend to feel or possess (an emotion or quality). DERIVATIVES coun …   English terms dictionary

  • counterfeiter — noun see counterfeit II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • counterfeiter — See counterfeit. * * * …   Universalium

  • counterfeiter — noun A person who counterfeits …   Wiktionary

  • counterfeiter — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, actor, ape, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, charmer, coin clipper, coiner, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, cuckoo, deceiver, deluder,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • counterfeiter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. forger, pretender, plagiarist, paperhanger*; see criminal , impostor , plagiarist . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who makes a fraudulent copy of something: fabricator, faker, forger. See TRUE …   English dictionary for students

  • counterfeiter — ‚fɪtÉ™ n. one who counterfeits, forger, one who makes fraudulent replicas …   English contemporary dictionary

  • counterfeiter — n. 1. Forger, falsifyer. 2. Pretender, feigner …   New dictionary of synonyms

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