Counterfeit - English meaning

adjective

Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted).

Usage examples:

A bogus insurance claim

adjective

False, not real, or not legal

Usage examples:

On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus., she produced some bogus documents to support he…

noun

A large marine fish with a small barbel on the chin.

Usage examples:

Place the salted codfish into a bowl, breaking it into large chunks.

adjective

Not authentic; fake.

Usage examples:

A cod mittel-european accent

verb

Play a joke or trick on (someone).

Usage examples:

He was definitely codding them

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

noun

A single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue.

Usage examples:

The record has sold more than a million copies

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Usage examples:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

noun

A model or replica of a human being.

Usage examples:

A waxwork dummy

verb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.

Usage examples:

Blanco dummied past a static defence

noun

A large model of a human, especially one used to show clothes in a shop

Usage examples:

The dummies in the store windows, a ventriloquist's dummy, uk a shop dummy

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

adjective

(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.

Usage examples:

Ersatz coffee

adjective

Used instead of something else, usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare

Usage examples:

I'm allowed to eat ersatz chocolate made from carob beans, but it's a poor substitute for the real …

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

verb

Variant spelling of flake4 (verb).

verb

Lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling.

Usage examples:

A cable had to be flaked out

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

To change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people

Usage examples:

The certificate had clearly been falsified.

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

To pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc.

Usage examples:

You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are., the prosecution claimed …

adjective

Simulated or pretended; insincere.

Usage examples:

Her eyes widened with feigned shock

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

Past simple and past participle of feign

Usage examples:

You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are., the prosecution claimed …

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

adjective

Copied fraudulently; fake.

Usage examples:

They have illegally entered the uk using forged travel documents

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

noun

The action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of forgery

noun

An illegal copy of a document, painting, etc., or the crime of making such copies

Usage examples:

[ c ] these twenty-dollar bills are forgeries., [ u ] he was convicted of forgery.

noun

A copy of a document, signature, painting, etc. that has been made illegally in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

As recommended, he called the bank to confirm that the bankers' draft was not a forgery., he is fac…

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Usage examples:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

Usage examples:

Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

verb

Take or follow as a model.

Usage examples:

His style was imitated by many other writers

verb

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks

verb

To copy someone’s speech or behavior, or to copy something as a model

Usage examples:

My four-year-old daughter is always trying to imitate her older sister., he imitated her accent per…

noun

The action of using someone or something as a model.

Usage examples:

A child learns to speak by imitation

noun

Something copied, or the act of copying

Usage examples:

Freya does a pretty good imitation of her science teacher., [ c ] imitation leather

adjective

Made to look like something else

Usage examples:

An imitation leather jacket, uk it's not real silk - it's just imitation.

idiom

Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

phrasal verb

Stop work.

Usage examples:

They usually knock off at 5pm

phrasal verb

Produce a piece of work quickly and without much effort.

Usage examples:

I could knock the article off in half an hour

noun

The fact or quality of being alike; resemblance.

Usage examples:

Her likeness to him was astonishing

noun

A similarity

Usage examples:

Sandy bears a much stronger likeness to her mother than to her father.

noun

The fact of being similar in appearance

Usage examples:

There's a definite family likeness around the eyes.

noun

Someone or something very similar in physical appearance to someone or something else

Usage examples:

An elvis presley lookalike

noun

A model of something, which shows how it will look or operate when it is built, or which is used when the real thing is not yet available

Usage examples:

She showed us a mock-up of what the car will look like when it goes into production.

adjective

Not genuine; fraudulent.

Usage examples:

Phoney cruise-ship job offers

noun

A fraudulent person or thing.

Usage examples:

I'm a fake, a phony, a fraud, an impostor, and a charlatan of the worse degree.

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Usage examples:

In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

adjective

(of a product or piece of artistic work) reproduced without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

Anybody with a laptop and an internet connection can access pirated movies and music

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

adjective

Used to describe software, films, recordings, etc. that have been illegally copied to be sold at much cheaper prices

Usage examples:

Pirated goods/movies/music, pirated books/cds/copies

noun

An intellectually pretentious or affected person.

Usage examples:

At the height of the band's career, he was thought to be the biggest pseud in rock

adjective

Intellectually pretentious or affected.

Usage examples:

To seek inspiration in literature or folklore is to risk being pilloried as pseud

combining form

Variant spelling of pseudo- reduced before a vowel (as in pseudepigrapha ).

adjective

Not genuine; spurious or sham.

Usage examples:

We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind

noun

A pretentious or insincere person.

Usage examples:

The arty chat of a campus pseudo

combining form

Supposed or purporting to be but not really so; false; not genuine.

Usage examples:

Pseudonym

idiom

Something intended to deceive

noun

A deception; a hoax.

Usage examples:

It's hard to tell if it's brilliant or a put-on, or just a brilliant put-on.

idiom

To joke with someone by saying something that is hard for the person to believe

Usage examples:

"i hear joe’s quit his job." "you’re putting me on!", doctors put her on antibiotics after discover…

noun

An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale.

Usage examples:

A replica of the empire state building

verb

Make an exact copy of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

It might be impractical to replicate eastern culture in the west

adjective

Of the nature of a copy.

Usage examples:

A replicate earth

noun

A close or exact copy; a replica.

Usage examples:

Young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

noun

The action or process of copying something.

Usage examples:

The cost of colour reproduction in publication is high

noun

The act or process of producing new life

noun

A copy of something, especially a work of art or a piece of furniture

Usage examples:

The museum sells cheap reproductions of some of its key artefacts., allow plenty of time for the ph…

collocation

Deprive somebody of something by deceit

phrasal verb

Cheat someone, especially financially.

Usage examples:

She thought he was ripping her off over her royalties

phrasal verb

Steal or plagiarize something.

Usage examples:

They have ripped off £6.7 billion

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

verb

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Usage examples:

Red ochre intended to simulate blood

verb

To create conditions or processes similar to something that exists

Usage examples:

Researchers are developing new techniques to simulate crashes.

verb

To produce a situation or event that seems real but is not real, especially in order to help people learn how to deal with such situations or events

Usage examples:

The machine is designed to simulate disaster scenarios., in the game, players are given titles in a…

adjective

Manufactured in imitation of some other material.

Usage examples:

A simulated leather handbag

verb

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Usage examples:

Red ochre intended to simulate blood

adjective

Made to look like something else; artificial

Usage examples:

Simulated leather

adjective

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Usage examples:

Separating authentic and spurious claims

noun

A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Usage examples:

Soya milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk

verb

Use or add in place of.

Usage examples:

Dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb

verb

To use someone or something instead of another person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] you can substitute oil for butter in this recipe., [ i ] he was called on to substitute for t…