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Counterfeit

In criminal law. To forge; to copy or lmitate, without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud, by passing the copy or thing forged for that which is original or genuine. Most commonly applied to the fraudulent and criminal imitation of money. State v. McKenzie, 42 Me. 392; U. S. v. Barrett (D. C.) Ill Fed. 369; State v. Calvin, R. M. Charlt (Ga.) 159; Mattison ▼. State, 3 Mo. 421

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)