11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun a copy that is represented as the original
verb make a copy of with the intent to deceive
adjective not genuine; imitating something superior
originFrom Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.
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