counterfeit
adjective/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/
/ˈkaʊntərfɪt/
(formal)- (of money and goods for sale) made to look exactly like something in order to trick people into thinking that they are getting the real thing synonym fake
- counterfeit watches
- Are you aware these notes are counterfeit?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCounterfeit is used with these nouns:- bill
- coin
- goods
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.
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