bogus

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Fake or not genuine; pretending to be real.

   He was arrested for trying to cash a bogus check at the bank.

2. 2
   adj

   Based on false information or untrue claims.

   The company made bogus promises about how quickly the product would work.

3. 3
   noun

   Counterfeit money.

   The gang had been printing bogus and passing it off in shops.

Borrowed from Polish Bogus, Boguś, or Romanian Boguș.

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