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counterfeit

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Made to imitate something genuine with the intention of deceiving.

The collector discovered that the supposedly rare coin was counterfeit.

Dictionary practice example.

The theater's fictional mystery script included a charade in which two characters staged a supposedly spontaneous discovery that they had planned together. Their spurious claim of finding a lost collector's note depended on a counterfeit document made to imitate the collector's handwriting.

From Examining Evasion and Imitation.

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