forged bills
Illegally printed money
Forged bills are counterfeit paper currency—fake money made to look genuine.
The term can also mean falsified invoices or legislative bills that have been fraudulently altered.
In all cases, forgery implies deliberate deception: He was arrested for passing forged bills at the casino.
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
- funny moneyCounterfeit or worthless cash
- currencyMedium of exchange
- moneyCurrency for transactions
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