counterfeit

adj. forged, copied, fake, false

v. make a fraudulent replica, copy, forge (i.e. money or documents)

n. forgery, fake, imitation, simulation

A counterfeit is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently describes forged currency or documents, but can also describe clothing, software, electronic stock shares or certificates, pharmaceuticals, watches, or more recently, cars and motorcycles, especially when this results in patent infringement or trademark infringement.
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(v. t.)
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
  

(v. t.)
To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
  

(v. i.)
To make counterfeits.
  

(v. i.)
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
  

(n.)
That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
  

(n.)
That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.
  

(n.)
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
  

(adv.)
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
  

(adv.)
Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.
  

(adv.)
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
  

COUNTERFEIT, UTTERING - Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 472, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to pass or 'utter,' with intent to defraud, any counterfeit United States Federal Reserve Note.

A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:

First: That the person passed or uttered a counterfeit Federal Reserve Note;

Second: That the person knew at the time that the note was counterfeit; and

Third: That the person passed the note willfully and with intent to defraud.

To 'pass' or 'utter' a counterfeit note includes any attempt to spend the note or otherwise place it in circulation.

Noun
1. a copy that is represented as the original
(synonym) imitation, forgery
(hypernym) copy
(hyponym) fake, sham, postiche
(derivation) forge, fake
Verb
1. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
(synonym) forge, fake
(hypernym) re-create
(derivation) forger, counterfeiter
Adjective
1. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
(synonym) imitative
(antonym) genuine, echt
(similar) assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
(see-also) artificial, unreal