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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

जाली नोट बनानेवाला

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jaali not bananevala

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Counterfeiter/ˈkaʊn.tər.faɪ.tər/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"पुलिस ने एक बड़े जाली नोट बनानेवाले को गिरफ्तार किया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who makes illegal fake copies of money, official documents, or valuable goods with the intent to deceive.

    "The federal police finally arrested the notorious counterfeiter who had been printing fake hundred-dollar bills for years."
  2. 2

    Someone who creates fraudulent replicas of high-end consumer products or art to sell them as authentic.

    "Customs agents seized hundreds of designer handbags from a suspected counterfeiter at the port."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'contrefeteur', based on the verb 'contrefaire' (to imitate, mimic, or forge), which stems from Latin 'contra-' (against, in imitation of) and 'facere' (to make or do). Entering the English language in the late Middle Ages, the term originally referred to anyone who made false copies or imitations, but over time it specialized primarily into legal and financial terminology for those who illegally forge currency or documents.

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