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Meanings of counterfeit in English

Spanish
imitado

Not genuine; imitating something superior.

      Related terms
      imitado
      Portuguese
      falsificação
      Spanish
      falsificación

      A copy that is represented as the original.

            falsificação
            Portuguese
            falsificar
            Catalan
            falsificar

            To make a copy of with the intent to deceive.

                  falsificar

                  Status of a player or hand in poker: when a community card may increase the likelihood of an opponent beating the player's hand.

                        Usage of counterfeit in English
                        1
                        In two California cases, doctors who purchased counterfeit Avastin reached civil settlements.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Two men have been arrested over the use of counterfeit £50 notes.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        No community is long in discovering the genuine from the counterfeit character.
                        The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
                        4
                        Americans also encouraged the Chinese to counterfeit the goods of other countries.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        Five thousand British Malay Straits dollars, the rest in Jap counterfeit money.
                        King Rat
                        6
                        Thecounterfeitreport.com lists counterfeit items with photos, while stopfakes.gov lets you report fraud.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        7
                        You're traveling under false names with very, very expensive counterfeit passports, right?
                        A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
                        8
                        This is counterfeit money, boys, made from the plates in the bag.
                        The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
                        9
                        The publick pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.
                        The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 / ...
                        10
                        The finding of the counterfeit banknotes in Barry Langmore's safe was astonishing.
                        The Mansion of Mystery / Being a Certain Case of Importance, Tak...
                        11
                        Investigations are being carried out to establish if the cigarettes are counterfeit.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        Besides, the idea of finding even a counterfeit Annese appeals to me.
                        The Fifth Head of Cerberus
                        13
                        The counterfeit cigarettes and weaves were smuggled into South Africa from Mozambique.
                        The South African
                        14
                        Ye know that there is nothing unjust or counterfeit written in them.
                        The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testamen...
                        15
                        The real treasure must be at least as substantial as its counterfeit.
                        The Malady of the Century
                        16
                        They come at odd hours, make counterfeit gestures of reverence or grief.
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