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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterfeiting; counterfeit item |
| Synonyms: | bogus*, carbon copy, carbon, cheat, coining, copy, fabrication, fake, faking, falsification, fraudulence, imitating, imitation, imposition, imposture, lookalike, phony, pseudo, sham*, twin, workalike |
| Notes: | a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better, older, or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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