Bogus check allowing fifty to escape (9)

I believe the answer is:

imitation

(Other definitions for imitation that I've seen before include "Unoriginal" , "A copy of an authentic item" , "take-off" , "it's not for real" , "Copy of an authentic article" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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