fake bills
Forged paper money
Fake bills are counterfeit currency—paper money produced to deceive.
The term appears in news reports about counterfeiting operations and in warnings to cashiers: She spotted the fake bills by holding them up to the light.
Fake bills can also mean fraudulent invoices sent to trick businesses or individuals into paying for goods or services never ordered or delivered.
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- funny moneyCounterfeit or worthless cash
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- currencyMedium of exchange
- moneyCurrency for transactions
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- fakescounterfeit, counterfeits, imitation, imitations, replica
- counterfeitingcounterfeit currency, counterfeit cash, forged notes, forged banknotes, funny money
- financial crimesbank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud