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counterfeiting

Fraudulent imitation, usually of banknotes. It is countered by special papers, elaborate watermarks, skilled printing, and sometimes the insertion of a metallic strip. Forgery is also a form of counterfeiting.

In 1994 $25 million of counterfeit bills were passed to the US public; $183 million was seized by the Secret Service before it was passed (75% of this overseas). By July 1995 $15 million in counterfeit bills had already been passed since the beginning of the year.



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Leave me, and let me wear my spirit with weariness and waiting, even as I have done these ten long days, counterfeiting thus the thing that is called rest, the prone body making outward sign of repose where inwardly is none.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Men talked of the cave as a secret receptacle of guilt; and, as the rumor of ores and metals found its way into the confused medley of conjectures, counterfeiting, and everything else that was wicked and dangerous to the peace of society, suggested themselves to the busy fancies of the populace.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
The Constitution of The United States by History Documents View in context
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