Crossword clues for counterfeit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting.]
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To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.
--Goldsmith. 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.
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\ (koun"t?r-f?t), a. [F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and Fact.]
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Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
Look here upon this picture, and on this The counterfeit presentment of two brothers.
--Shak. 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. ``No counterfeit gem.''
--Robinson (More's Utopia).-
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. ``An arrant counterfeit rascal.''
--Shak.Syn: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, v. i.
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To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave.
--Shak. To make counterfeits.
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, n.
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That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens.
--Shak.Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself.
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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.
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit.
--Shak.Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals.
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One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., from Old French contrefait "imitated" (Modern French contrefait), past participle of contrefaire "imitate," from contre- "against" (see contra-) + faire "to make, to do" (from Latin facere; see factitious). Medieval Latin contrafactio meant "setting in opposition or contrast." Related: Counterfeited; counterfeiting. The noun and adjective are from late 14c.
Wiktionary
1 false, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. 2 inauthentic. 3 Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. n. 1 A non-genuine article; a fake. 2 One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter. 3 (context obsolete English) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. 4 (context obsolete English) An impostor; a cheat. v
1 (context transitive English) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of. 2 (context transitive obsolete English) To produce a faithful copy of. 3 (context transitive obsolete English) To feign; to mimi
4 (context transitive poker usually "be counterfeited" English) Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the boar
WordNet
Wikipedia
In community card poker, a player or hand is said to be counterfeited when a community card does not change the value of his hand, but makes it more likely that an opponent will beat it. This occurs primarily in Omaha hold 'em hi-lo split and sometimes in Texas hold 'em. Counterfeiting also occurs in the Badugi variant of draw poker.
To counterfeit means to imitate something. Counterfeit products are fake replicas of the real product. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to take advantage of the superior value of the imitated product. The word counterfeit frequently describes both the forgeries of currency and documents, as well as the imitations of clothing, handbags, shoes, pharmaceuticals, aviation and automobile parts, watches, electronics (both parts and finished products), software, works of art, toys, movies. Counterfeit products tend to have fake company logos and brands. In the case of goods, it results in patent infringement or trademark infringement. Counterfeit consumer products have a reputation for being lower quality (sometimes not working at all) and may even include toxic elements. This has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, due to automobile and aviation accidents, poisoning, or ceasing to take essential compounds (e.g. in the case a person takes non-working medicine).
The counterfeiting of money is usually attacked aggressively by governments worldwide. The counterfeiting of goods is condoned by some governments. Paper money is the most popular product counterfeited.
"Counterfeit" is a song by the American nu metal band Limp Bizkit from their debut album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (1997). Notable for showcasing guitarist Wes Borland's experimental playing style, the song was written by Borland, DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, John Otto and Sam Rivers as a response to local bands that copied Limp Bizkit's style.
The song was released as the album's first single in 1997, prior to the album's release. "Counterfeit" was the subject of controversy when Interscope Records paid a Portland radio station to play the song fifty times as a paid advertising, sparking payola accusations and criticism of the band and label. In 1999, the song was reissued as another single under the title "Counterfit Countdown". It also appears on multiple compilations.
A counterfeit is an imitation made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins:.
Counterfeit may also refer to:
- Counterfeit e.p., a 1989 EP by Martin Gore
- Counterfeit (poker), a term in community card poker
- Counterfeit (Roedelius album), an album by Hans-Joachim Roedelius
- "Counterfeit" (song), a 1997 song by Limp Bizkit
- Counterfeit (film), a 1919 American film
- Counterfeit, a 1936 American film
- "Counterfeit", a song by Chris Spedding from the 1986 album Enemy Within
Counterfeit is a 1919 American silent detective drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson. The assistant director was C. Van Arsdale.
The picture was the fourth film Fitzmaurice and Ferguson worked on and is now considered to be a lost film.
Counterfeit are an English Punk rock band from London, England, formed in 2015, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Jamie Campbell Bower, guitarist Tristan Marmont and bassist Roland Johnson. Drummer Jimmy Craig & Guitarist Sam Bower joined late in 2015.
The band are currently unsigned and have toured internationally. Their debut EP Come Get Some was released on 27 November 2015 by Check On. The band are going back on tour this April.
Usage examples of "counterfeit".
Satan will once again try to counterfeit God by creating his own trinity: Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.
Wood, who was also Keeper of the Capital Prison, had a sideline as a counterfeiting expert, bagging boodlers for the federal bounty money.
They came back in September and paid Brujo seventy-five thousand in counterfeit money.
When he got there he learned they had paid off Brujo in counterfeit, thus cutting off the source.
Niles smiled as Russell tumbled from the loft in counterfeit glee, hurtling through the air, his arms pinwheeling, his body arcing into space and dropping out of the light into blackness, his voice ricocheting from the recesses of the barn as he landed with a thud in the haymow twenty feet away across the threshing floor.
I scarcely need to counterfeit it now: The spirit which doth reign within these limbs Seems strangely undisturbed.
He then took up the notes, several thousand pounds of counterfeit longtails, which he placed in the grate and set alight, setting fire to the pile three times in all to make certain that there was nothing left but a handful of ashes.
One pair of shoes was sucked off his feet in the swamp and became a suitcase full of nearly perfect counterfeit hundreds found by a couple of skateboarders in Venice.
If we have someone who used to cobble together ansibles out of paper clips and moly wire, or counterfeit some currency, I want to know it.
I gave a glance at his diamond buckles, which were considered real at Grenoble, and I saw directly that they were counterfeits of a kind made in Venice, which imitate the facets of the diamonds in perfection, except to people who are experienced in diamonds.
On Monday evening, the Immigration and Naturalization Service paid a visit to one of the busboys, who held a counterfeit green card.
BOOK IX CONTAINING TWELVE HOURS Chapter 1 Of those who lawfully may, and of those who may not, write such histories as this Among other good uses for which I have thought proper to institute these several introductory chapters, I have considered them as a kind of mark or stamp, which may hereafter enable a very indifferent reader to distinguish what is true and genuine in this historic kind of writing, from what is false and counterfeit.
But then it collided with the institutionalized Jevlenese counterfeit being pushed northward, and it was destroyed.
Ramirez, if these are near exact counterfeits, how did you catch my twenties?
I may tell you frankly that I believe the stones to be counterfeit, and that your lie displeases me.