counterfeit

Meanings

Adjective

• False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
• Inauthentic.
• Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.

Noun

• A non-genuine article; a fake.
• One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
• That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
• An impostor; a cheat.

Verb

• To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
• To produce a faithful copy of.
• To feign; to mimic.
• Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.

Origin

• Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait.