counterfeit

Meanings

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

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

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

Etymology

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.