fake currency
Phony legal tender
Fake currency is counterfeit money—bills or coins produced illegally to imitate genuine legal tender.
The term covers everything from crude forgeries to sophisticated reproductions designed to deceive banks and businesses: They were arrested for passing fake currency at local shops.
Fake currency also includes prop money used in films or novelty bills clearly marked as non-legal tender.
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- federal crimeViolation of national statutes
- printing pressesEquipment for mass-producing text
- funny moneyCounterfeit or worthless cash
fraud · money laundering · paper trail · secret service · watermark · banknotes · North Korea · black market · engraving · intaglio · penal codes · bogus · hologram · forensic analysis · serial number · bogus bills · denomination · bust
- forgeriesforged passport, forged signature, forged check, counterfeit, forged letters
- fakesfakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation, imitations
- scamsscam, scams, fraud, frauds, swindle
- dirty moneydirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, proceeds of crime
- financial crimesbank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud
fake currencylegal tender
Officially recognized payment medium
real money · hard currency · sound money · minted coins · treasury notes