English-Dutch translations for counterfeit

• namaak
  Bestrijding van namaak en piraterij Combating counterfeiting and piracy
  Betreft: Namaak van medicijnen Subject: Counterfeiting of medicines
  Namaak en piraterij nemen toe. Counterfeiting and piracy are on the rise.
• namaken
  Namaken en kopiëren zijn kortom twee aparte zaken die niet op één hoop geveegd mogen worden. In short, counterfeiting and copying cannot be treated in the same way.
  Dit is weer een manier om het namaken van euromunten en bankbiljetten te bestrijden. This is one more way to combat the counterfeiting of euro coins and notes.
  U hebt gezegd dat het namaken van producten een bedreiging van onze gezondheid, onze veiligheid en onze economie blijft vormen. You said that counterfeiting continues to endanger our health, our safety and our economy.
• nep
  Naar schatting is 15 procent van het geneesmiddelenaanbod in de wereld nep en in sommige ontwikkelingslanden zou het zelfs om 30 procent gaan. It is currently estimated that perhaps 15% of the global medicine supply is counterfeit, while it is estimated that in some developing countries over 30% of medicines on sale may be counterfeit.
• vervalsen
  Munten zijn veel moeilijker te vervalsen. It is much more difficult to counterfeit coins.
  Het wordt steeds moeilijker om onze munt te vervalsen. It is becoming increasingly difficult to counterfeit our currency.
  Een ander probleem waarmee we zullen worden geconfronteerd is het vervalsen van bankbiljetten. Another problem we will have to tackle is counterfeit coins and notes.
• vervalsing
  Het tweede onderwerp is vervalsing. The second one is counterfeiting.
  Betreft: Vervalsing van eurobankbiljetten en -munten Subject: Euro note and coin counterfeiting
  Vervalsing is een van de vloeken van ons tijdperk. Counterfeiting is one of the curses of our age.
• vervalst
  De CE-markering wordt bovendien herhaaldelijk vervalst. Moreover, the CE mark is repeatedly counterfeited.
  Hetzelfde geldt voor de bescherming tegen vervalste geneesmiddelen. This also applies to protection against counterfeit medicines.
  Door de uitwisseling van informatie over vervalste documenten worden vervalsingen zelf teruggedrongen. By exchanging information on counterfeit documents the counterfeiting itself is contained.

Definition of counterfeit

• False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Inauthentic
• Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical
• A non-genuine article; a fake
• One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter
• An impostor; a cheat
• To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of
• To produce a faithful copy of
• To feign; to mimic
• Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board

Examples

• This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it
• counterfeit sympathy
• to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc
• to counterfeit the voice of another person

Related words

• counterfeiting
• counterfeiter
• counterfeitness
• anticounterfeiting
• anticounterfeit
• counterfeit money
• counterfeit consumer goods
• counterfeit clause
• counterfeit coin