What do you call a fake copy?

Frequently Asked Questions About counterfeit Some common synonyms of counterfeit are fake, fraud, humbug, imposture, and sham. While all these words mean “a thing made to seem other than it is,” counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable.

What is a fancy word for false?

Some common synonyms of false are disloyal, faithless, perfidious, traitorous, and treacherous. While all these words mean “untrue to what should command one’s fidelity or allegiance,” false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery.

What are counterfeit documents?

Counterfeit is defined as any wholesale fraudulent imitation. Counterfeiting is done to produce a copy that passes as the original. The counterfeiter is known to make copies from substitute materials resembling the materials used for the genuine documents to escape detection by the casual observer.

What is a synonym for prove false?

disprove. expose. invalidate. knock the props out (from under) negate.

What is a cheap copy called?

knockoff. noun. informal a bad or cheap copy of something.

What is a slang word for fake?

hoax, humbug, phony. (also phoney), sham.

What is the word for something that is not original?

Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason. derivative. unoriginal. copied. imitative.

How do you say something isn’t real?

imaginary; fanciful; illusory; delusory; fantastic. lacking in truth; not genuine; false; artificial: unreal propaganda serving as news.

What is the difference between fake and forgery?

A forgery is an item that was made to fool others into believing it is something it is not. This includes counterfeits, but also made up items like a ‘newly discovered’ Rembrandt painting. On the other hand, a fake is an item that is seriously misidentified or who’s identity is seriously misrepresented.

What is difference between forgery and counterfeiting?

Forgery is defined as the crime making, producing, or adapting documents or objects with the intent defraud a person, organization, or institution. Counterfeiting is defined as creating or making an unauthorized imitation of a genuine object with an intent to deceive others.

What are contradictions?

A contradiction is a situation or ideas in opposition to one another. Declaring publicly that you are an environmentalist but never remembering to take out the recycling is an example of a contradiction. A “contradiction in terms” is a common phrase used to describe a statement that contains opposing ideas.

What controvert means?

: to dispute or oppose by reasoning controvert a point in a discussion. intransitive verb. : to engage in controversy.