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Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- He was arrested for trying to cash a bogus check at the bank.
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Undesirable or harmful.slang
- What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?
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Incorrect, useless, or broken.slang
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Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
- Bogus stamps are labels made to deceive stamp collectors. Many bogus stamps were made prior to 1900 when some had names of imaginary countries.
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Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
- bogus laws
bogus
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A liquor made of rum and molasses.USdialectaluncountable
- BOGUS. A liquor made of rum and molasses.
- "Calibogus," or "bogus" was cold rum and beer unsweetened.
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Counterfeit money.USarchaicdialectal
- “Ahem—it is the opinion of the court that the prisoner has been making bogus; so we must put him in the jug until Superior Court.[…]”
- There is not a merchant in this city but knows this fact, and also that there has been a large quantity of bogus in circulation.