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11Counterfeit — For other uses, see Counterfeit (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Counterfit, a band. Counterfeit products at a flea market. To counterfeit means to illegally imitate something. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to… …
12Counterfeit consumer goods — Knock Off redirects here. For the 1998 film, see Knock Off (film). Counterfeit consumer goods, commonly called knock offs, are counterfeit or imitation products offered for sale. The spread of counterfeit goods has become global in recent years… …
13Money burning — 500 French franc banknote burning Money burning or burning money is the purposeful act of destroying money. In the prototypical example, banknotes are destroyed by literally setting them on fire. Burning money decreases the wealth of the owner… …
14money — n. 1) to coin, make, produce; counterfeit money 2) to circulate money 3) to earn, make money 4) to bank; change; deposit; put up; raise; refund, return; save; spend; squander, throw away; tie up; withdraw money 5) to borrow; lend money 6) to… …
15Counterfeit United States currency — Counterfeiting of the currency of the United States is widely attempted. According to the United States Department of Treasury, an estimated 70 million counterfeit dollars are believed to be in circulation, or approximately $1 in counterfeits for …
16counterfeit — ▪ I. counterfeit coun‧ter‧feit 1 [ˈkaʊntəfɪt ǁ tər ] adjective LAW made to look exactly like something, usually illegally: • Last year about $80 million in counterfeit notes were seized, compared with $77 billion in genuine notes produced. • the… …
17counterfeit — coun|ter|feit1 [ kauntər,fıt ] adjective counterfeit money, products, tickets, etc. are illegal copies made in order to trick people: counterfeit $100 bills counterfeit coun|ter|feit 2 [ kauntər,fıt ] verb transitive to make an illegal copy of… …
18counterfeit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. false, sham, fake, forged, bogus, bastard, spurious, phony (inf.). n. forgery, fake, slug, sham, brummagem, dummy, pretense, phony (inf.). See deception, imitation, copy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
19counterfeit — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English countrefet, from Anglo French cuntrefeit, from past participle of cuntrefere, contrefaire to imitate, from cuntre + faire to make, from Latin facere more at do Date: 14th century 1. made in imitation of… …
20counterfeit — Synonyms and related words: act, act a part, act like, affect, affected, agent, alike, alternate, alternative, analogy, ape, aped, apocryphal, appear like, approach, approximate, artificial, assume, assumed, backup, bad check, bad money, base… …
