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väärentää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adulterate adj Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
  • counterfeit adj Made to imitate something genuine in order to deceive; fake.
  • fabricate verb To manufacture or build something, especially by assembling parts.
  • fake adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
  • falsify verb To alter information dishonestly, usually to deceive someone.
  • forge noun A furnace or workshop where metal is heated and shaped.
  • manufacture noun The process of making goods, typically on a large scale using machinery.
  • spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.

Senses

väärentää is used for these senses in English:

  • adulterate (transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
  • adulterate (transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
  • cook the books (idiomatic, by extension) To falsify an account of an event.
  • counterfeit (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
  • fabricate (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
  • fake (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
  • falsify To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
  • falsify To counterfeit; to forge.

adulterate — full definition

  1. adj Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
  2. adj Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous.

counterfeit — full definition

  1. adj Made to imitate something genuine in order to deceive; fake.
  2. noun A fake version of something, made to pass as genuine.
  3. verb To make an illegal imitation of something valuable, especially money.

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