Thesaurus results for COUNTERFEITING

counterfeiting

verb

present participle of counterfeit

as in forging

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive an expert at counterfeiting money

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as in pretending

to present a false appearance of managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend

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Recent Examples of counterfeiting He and Baines were imprisoned and questioned for counterfeiting coins, and Marlowe was sent home. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 There have been a lot of studies on counterfeiting conducted with customs and police, but these have mostly focused on the scale of the problem. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 Murder, kidnapping and probably counterfeiting are all still against the rules in college football. — Mac Engel january 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026 Several arrests were related to counterfeiting and selling knock-off Knicks apparel, an NYPD source said. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026 Cannon, a star with the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders, admitted to counterfeiting in the mid-1980s. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026 And Cannon — who played with the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs — admitted to counterfeiting in the mid-1980s after a series of bad investments and debts left him broke. — Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026 As such, more will be required than a World Cup ticket, particularly because physical tickets are vulnerable to counterfeiting, while electronic devices, which may ordinarily be a way to show authentic tickets, are usually forbidden in consular buildings where interviews take place. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Fraud’s Very Own Industrial Revolution Whether counterfeiting an ID or trying to trick victims into revealing their credit card details, fraud typically required high levels of human labor until very recently. — Andrew Sever, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026

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Contributor Steven Vargas reported on how surviving dance companies and artists are forging ahead in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and diminished funding.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
This partnership underscores a broader trend of private aviation firms forging alliances with major sports.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of forging

Verb

The scammer then calls, pretending to be in a crisis and in need of immediate financial assistance.

— Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.

— Parents, Parents, 1 July 2026

Definition of pretending

Verb

Huskins Quinn’s case gained national attention after Vallejo police wrongly accused her of faking her disappearance.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
And there’s no evidence, no evidence, zero evidence in this country, that there is a problem at scale with people faking their identification in elections.

— NBC news, NBC news, 28 June 2026

Definition of faking

Verb

This has become increasingly difficult, with professional players routinely simulating injuries and an offside rule that is interpreted to within fractions of an inch.

— Eric Zillmer, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
My research focused on simulating how special light waves interact in liquid crystals and using simple equations to approximate and understand those interactions.

— Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

Definition of simulating

Verb

The rule was created assuming that could mean harm or illness, and not in-party fighting.

— Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
For the past few years, conversations around AI adoption have centered around access to tools, assuming technology alone would drive transformation.

— Bill Pappas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of assuming

Verb

And women who suspect their period pain is more severe than normal should not hesitate to speak with a health care provider, especially if symptoms are affecting their quality of life.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
The heat is affecting how air pollution disperses over the region, National Weather Service meteorologist Carol Ciliberti said Sunday.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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