Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; specifically, one who illegally makes copies of current bank-notes or coin.
- n. One who assumes a false appearance, or who makes false pretenses: as, “counterfeiters of devotion,”
Wiktionary
- n. A person who counterfeits
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.
- n. One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who makes copies illegally
Examples
“Or again, using Bruno Giacosa as an example (not because his wines have been any more likely of fraud than any others, but simply as an example), buy his white label non-Riserva bottlings instead of the red label Riservas - if a counterfeiter is going to go through the trouble of making the fakes in the first place, would not the most likely thing be to fake the more expensive bottling and maximize profit?”
Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Raoul Migel Flores used a different passport, prepared by the same Latin American counterfeiter, and applied a disguise before boarding a flight to Mexico City.”
“The counterfeiter was a New Yorker named Timothy Corelli, allegedly with ties to one of the big crime families.”
“HERRINGTON: Sooner or later, China will get out of the business of being known as the counterfeiter to the world.”
“Oh, yeah, the wonderful benefits of having a head counterfeiter.”
Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble with Government-Subsidized Banks
“• Investigative spotlight turns on Army captain who helped bust counterfeiter: His subsequent investigation was "inappropriate, impermissible, and not taken lightly," according to e-mails obtained by The Washington Post.”
The Washington Post: What might a government shutdown look like?
“Keller even accuses Huffington of pinching one of his lines after they appeared together on a discussion panel – although he doesn't say what it was – before letting rip at AOL's recent purchase of the Huffington Post:Buying an aggregator and calling it a content play is a little like a company's announcing plans to improve its cash position by hiring a counterfeiter.”
The Guardian: The NYT versus the Huffington Post: a cat fight over kitten videos | Richard Adams
“Secret Service agent who becomes obsessed with catching master counterfeiter Rick Masters (Dafoe) after Masters kills his partner.”
“Andrew Poulos Jr. helped bust a counterfeiter last year who produced templates for federal law enforcement credentials and sold them over the Internet.”
The Washington Post: Investigative spotlight turns on Army captain who helped bust counterfeiter
“Those included a book on codes and ciphers, a book about street gangs, a sportsmen's encyclopedia and book about a counterfeiter.”
The Huffington Post: Connecticut Prison Inmates Reading True Crime And Other Violent Books
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
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Contemporary character classes?
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
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every kind of liar.
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oroboros Handyman who specializes in building kitchen cabinets? May 5, 2010