Counterfeiter

Counterfeiter
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 who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. [1913 Webster]

Counterfeiters of devotion. --Sherwood. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • 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. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

  • 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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