counterfeiting ring
Fake money operation
A counterfeiting ring is an organized group that produces fake currency, documents, or goods.
The term emphasizes the criminal network behind the operation rather than a lone forger: Police dismantled a counterfeiting ring that had printed millions in fake twenties.
Ring here means a group operating covertly for illicit purposes, as in smuggling ring or crime ring.
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- fakeNot the real thing
- funny moneyCounterfeit or worthless cash
- fake billsCounterfeit paper currency
- currencyMedium of exchange
bills · syndicate · criminal · printing · printing press · plates · serial numbers · secret service · federal agents · bust · arrest · operation · sting operation · smuggling · organized crime · paper · ink · watermark
- criminal groupsgang, mafia, cartel, mob, syndicate
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- secret organizationscabal, secret society, secret societies, conspiracy, spy network
counterfeit, counterfeited, counterfeiter, counterfeiters, counterfeits, counter, counters, countered, countering