"Counterfeit" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

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

One who pretends to be what he is not; one who
personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

To make counterfeits.

To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to
pretend.

That which resembles or is like another thing; a
likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

Representing by imitation or likeness; having a
resemblance to something else; portrayed.

Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a
view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as,
counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.

To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as,
to counterfeit the voice of another person.

Assuming the appearance of something; false;
spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.

That which is made in imitation of something, with a
view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note
was a counterfeit.

To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the
copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to
counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.