counterfeiters
Illegal currency makers
Counterfeiters are people who make fake versions of something valuable—usually currency, but also documents, luxury goods, or artwork—with intent to deceive.
The term applies both to sophisticated criminal operations printing bogus bills and to those producing knockoff handbags or forged signatures: Counterfeiters flooded the market with fake designer watches.
Those who create fraudulent copies
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- falsifiersThose who distort truth
- swindlersDeceivers who steal through trickery
- con-artistsFraudsters who manipulate victims
scammers · grifters · bootleggers · smugglers · racketeers · felons · gangsters · mobsters
Reproducing text mechanically
- platesFlat eating dishes
- pressesPushes or flattens
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- paperPressed pulp for writing
ink · watermarks · holograms · signatures · microprinting · intaglio · bleaching · washing
Creating fraudulent imitations
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
trickery · subterfuge · chicanery · artifice · guile · hoax · sham · con
Formal written records
- passportsGovernment-issued travel identification
- IDsVerification documents
- visasPassport endorsements for travel
- diplomasProof of academic completion
certificates · tickets · stamps · bonds · checks · art · handbags · watches
- banknotesPaper currency notes
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
- dollarsUS monetary units
euros · pounds · notes · tender · coins · denominations · greenbacks · fifties
Confirming genuine identity
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- verificationProving something accurate
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
busted · arrested · prosecuted · convicted · investigation · enforcement · crackdown · raid
forgers
Those who create fraudulent copies
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- falsifiersThose who distort truth
- swindlersDeceivers who steal through trickery
con-artists · scammers · grifters · bootleggers · smugglers · racketeers · felons · gangsters · mobsters · thieves
printing
Reproducing text mechanically
paper · ink · watermarks · holograms · signatures · microprinting · intaglio · bleaching · washing · cutting
forgery
Creating fraudulent imitations
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
duplicity · trickery · subterfuge · chicanery · artifice · guile · hoax · sham · con · scam
documents
Formal written records
- passportsGovernment-issued travel identification
- IDsVerification documents
- visasPassport endorsements for travel
diplomas · certificates · tickets · stamps · bonds · checks · art · handbags · watches · pharmaceuticals
bills
dollars · euros · pounds · notes · tender · coins · denominations · greenbacks · fifties · hundreds
authentication
Confirming genuine identity
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- verificationProving something accurate
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
seized · busted · arrested · prosecuted · convicted · investigation · enforcement · crackdown · raid
- black marketblack market, illegal trade, smugglers, contraband, traffickers
- infringerspirates, plagiarists, bootleggers, forgers, software pirates
- criminal groupsgang, mafia, cartel, mob, syndicate
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
counterfeitersfraud investigators
Professionals who expose deception