Counterfeiter

Definitions

A person who counterfeits.

Equivalents

Examples

“Sensations abound in this exciting melodramatic production dealing with the life of a French adventureress, madly in love⟳ with a counterfeiter, whom she betrays when she learns he has secretly wedded a famous female detective, only to aid him to escape⟳ when the officers are about to arrest him.”

“Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land⟳ in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."”

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