counterfeit currency
Bogus legal tender
Counterfeit currency is fake money produced to deceive—bills or coins made to look like official government issue.
Creating or passing counterfeit currency is a serious crime in most jurisdictions.
The term applies both to physical forgeries and to the broader category of fraudulent tender: The Secret Service seized millions in counterfeit currency.
- fakeNot the real thing
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
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- counterfeitingfake money, fake bills, bogus bills, forged notes, forged banknotes
- Secret Servicespecial agent, bodyguard, special agents, agent, federal agent
- Demonetizationold notes, cash shortage, liquidity crisis, withdrawal limits, deadline extension
- Interpolred notice, wanted list, member countries, secretary general, police cooperation
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
counterfeit currencyreal money
legal tender · minted coins · fiat currency · treasury notes · certified funds
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