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NOT REAL

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REAL
 artificial adjective made by people, often as a copy of something natural: clothes made of artificial fibres
an artificial heart
an artificial lake
artificial fur / sweeteners / flowers
 blueprint noun [C] a photographic copy of an early plan for a building or machine.
 bogus / "b@Ug@s / adjective false, not real or not legal:
On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus.
She produced some bogus documents to support her application.
 burn (COPY) verb [T] burnt or burned, burnt or burned to copy information, recorded music, images,
etc. onto a compact disc: Burn your favourite songs or your important files onto CDs.
 carbon (copy) (DOCUMENT) noun [C] a copy of a document, made with carbon paper
 copycat noun [C] CHILD'S WORD someone who lacks their own ideas and does or says exactly the
same as someone else: You're just a copycat!
 counterfeit / "kaUnt@fIt / adjective made to look like the original of something, usually for dishonest or
illegal purposes: counterfeit jewellery / passports / coins
 counterfeit noun [C] This watch may be a counterfeit, but it looks just like the original.
 fake adjective not real, but made to look or seem real: He was charged with possessing a fake passport.
fake fur / blood
a fake suntan
 false (NOT REAL) adjective not real, but made to look or seem real: false eyelashes/teeth
Modern office buildings have false floors, under which computer and telephone wires can be laid.
 faux /"f@U/ adjective [before noun] not real, but made to look or seem real; false: faux fur; a faux-brick wall
 forge (COPY) verb [T] to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive:
A forged passport A forged signature A number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine.
 forgery noun [C or U] an illegal copy of a document, painting, etc. or the crime of making such illegal copies:
These banknotes are forgeries.
He increased his income by forgery.
 hoax noun [C] a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there
is not one, or a trick: The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
 imitation adj made to look like something else: an imitation leather watch-strap. It's not real silk - it's just imitation.
 impersonation noun [C or U] He does a brilliant impersonation of Charles.
 impersonator noun [C]someone who impersonates another person: an Elvis impersonator
 mock (ARTIFICIAL) adjective [before noun] not real but appearing or pretending to be exactly like something:
mock cream
mock leather
mock surprise
mock exam
 sham adjective DISAPPROVING only pretending to be real; false: They made a fortune through some sham
property deal. That jewellery looks sham to me. She's trapped in a sham (= not good or satisfying) marriage.
 replica n [C]an exact copy of an object: The ship is an exact replica of the original Golden Hind. A Rolex replica
 pirate /"paIr@t/ (COPY) verb [T] to illegally copy a computer program, music, a film, etc. and sell it
 pirated adjective
a pirated video
pirated software
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