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/kˈaʊntərfˌɪtər/ /kˈaʊnərfˌɪtər/ Listen

noun

Counterfeiter n.

One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. "The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters."

One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. "Counterfeiters of devotion."

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Etymology of 'Counterfeiter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Counterfeiter" Quotes from Famous Books

... which roused the whole city. From out of the parish prison appeared another Italian, a counterfeiter, who had recently been arrested, and who proved to be a Pinkerton detective "planted" among the Mafiosi for a purpose. Larubio had been a counterfeiter in Sicily—it was in the government prison that he had learned his cobbler's trade; and out of the fullness of his heart he had talked—so the ...

— The Net • Rex Beach

... moment. He was caught between fire and water; he made a superhuman effort, the effort of a counterfeiter of money who is on the point of being boiled, and who seeks to escape. He rose to his feet, flung aside the straw pallet upon ...

— Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo

... exquisitely prepared plates and printed on a special sort of paper. This paper has numberless little silk threads running through it which not only toughen it and prevent it from tearing but also make it almost impossible to duplicate. A counterfeiter would have to go to a deal of trouble to ...

— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett

... of the same year we paused to close the chapters of Jerry McCauley's life, a man who had risen from the depths of crime and sin—a different sort of man from Bishop Simpson. He was born in the home of a counterfeiter. He became a thief, an outlaw. By an influence that many consider obsolete and old-fashioned, he became converted, and was recognised by the best men and women in New York and Brooklyn. I knew McCauley. ...

— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage

... in the manufacture of these much sought after relics, have been crowned with the greatest success. * * Scarabaei of elegant and well finished descriptions, are not beyond the range of this curious counterfeiter. These he makes of the same material as the ancients used—a close-grained, easily cut limestone—which, after it is cut into shape and lettered, receives a greenish glaze by being baked on a shovel with brass ...

— Scarabs • Isaac Myer