Word: counterfeited
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Still trying to get a light touch into the interview, amiable Secretary Morgenthau suggested, "how about counterfeit...
...could scarcely be put to any honest use. Movie blood-hounds hunt in mixed pairs, and the mediocre Mr. Lowe has by his side Miss Constance Cummings, who in spite of her early promise seems to have reached her level. In addition to the train wrecks and the counterfeit detective there are all sorts of tangles involving very much alive villains listed as dead, pseudo-charitable organizations, and bogus priests. But Mr. Lowe unravels them all most admirably, and he explains his deductions so fast that no one is tempted to ask questions. Only we might have suggested...
...Francisco, Hyman Gorwitz, father of eight, irked when neighborhood moppets overran his backyard, buried heavy steel wolftraps there, baited them with counterfeit dimes. Before Trapper Gorwitz could catch anything, adult neighbors scaled his fence, dug up two of his traps, had him jailed for would-be assault on their children. "I'm the easiest fellow there can be if I'm treated right," insisted Hyman Gorwitz...
Austria, under a foreign-supported and schismatic dictatorship (see p. 20), is the only nation to produce underground rebels with a sense of humor. Their best joke: to distribute an official-looking notice on counterfeit police stationery warning the populace to defend itself against ordinary criminals because all the energies of the police were required to catch political criminals...
...bought a pair of shoes for 16 shillings, giving a one-pound note. The shoemaker got change from a butcher, gave the customer the shoes and four shillings change. Finding the note was counterfeit, the butcher forced the shoemaker to give him a genuine note. How much did the shoemaker lose...