väärentää — meaning in English

English meaning

• adulterate adj Made less pure because another substance has been mixed into it.
• 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 Made less pure because another substance has been mixed into it.
2. adj (dated) Connected with, or resulting from, an affair with someone other than your spouse.

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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