counterfeiting
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Synonyms:
copying, simulation, duplication, imitation, pretending, reproduction, forgery Collocations, fraud Collocations, fakery, faking, forging, imitating, simulating, duplicating, reproducing, plagiarism, plagiarizing, plagiarising (UK), impersonation, personation, imposture, emulation, rip-off (slang), confidence trick, con Collocations (slang), swindle Collocations, cheating, racket Collocations (slang), crime Collocations


counterfeit
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Sense: Adjective: fake
Synonyms:
fake Collocations, forged, sham Collocations, bootleg, bootlegged, copied, inauthentic, rip-off (slang), knock-off (slang), copycat (informal), phoney, phony, bogus Collocations, false Collocations, faked, artificial, dummy Collocations, plagiarized, plagiarised (UK), falsified, ersatz, spurious
Sense: Noun: fake
Synonyms:
fake Collocations, forgery Collocations, phony, phoney, sham Collocations, copy Collocations, bootleg, bootleg copy, fraud Collocations, copycat, dummy Collocations, spoof Collocations
Sense: Adjective: pretended
Synonyms:
pretended, artificial, insincere, fake Collocations, phony, phoney, feigned, put-on (informal), backhanded, two-faced, affected Collocations, assumed, fraudulent, sham Collocations
Sense: Verb: copy fraudulently
Synonyms:
fake Collocations, forge Collocations, falsify, make forgeries, make copies, duplicate Collocations, copy Collocations, replicate, reproduce, bootleg, make counterfeit money, defraud, copy money, print money, copy stamps, circulate bad money
Sense: Verb: pretend
Synonyms:
pretend Collocations, act Collocations, fake Collocations, feign, simulate, act as if, put on, put on an act, cheat Collocations, be a phoney (slang), be a phony (slang), be a fraud, bluff Collocations, pose Collocations, play Collocations


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