counterfeit money
Bogus bills passed
Counterfeit money is currency produced illegally to imitate genuine bills or coins, intended to deceive others into accepting it as real.
The term emphasizes fraudulent intent—a movie prop bill isn't counterfeit, but passing it as payment would be: He was arrested for trying to spend counterfeit money at the gas station.
- Secret ServiceFederal protective law enforcement
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- security printingDocument production preventing counterfeiting
- cashReady spending funds
- currencyMedium of exchange
coins · watermark · capital · buck · bill · dollar · dime · payment · euro · bogus bills · fake bills · banknote · forged banknotes · printing press · fake · bust · greenbacks · paper
- forgeriesforged passport, forged signature, forged check, fake passport, fake ID
- con propsfake ID, fake badge, fake passport, forged documents, fake check
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeits, imitation, imitations
- contrabandheroin, cocaine, narcotics, illegal drugs, illicit drugs
- crime toolscrowbar, lockpick, lockpicks, lock pick, lock picks
- dirty moneyill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, proceeds of crime, filthy lucre
authenticity/legitimacy
counterfeit moneyreal money
legal tender · treasury notes · certified funds · fiat currency · the real thing
money, forgery, counterfeit, moneyed, monetary, moneymaking, moneymaker, counterfeiting, counterfeited