NOT 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