(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
He admitted possessing and delivering ~ currency.
= fake
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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Counterfeit is also a noun.
Levi Strauss says ~s of the company’s jeans are flooding Europe.
= fake
N-COUNT
2.
If someone ~s something, they make a version of it that is not genuine but has been made to look genuine in order to deceive people.
...the coins Davies is alleged to have ~ed.
VERB: V n
~er (~ers)
...a gang of ~ers.
N-COUNT: usu pl