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 The effort to combat escalating instances of counterfeiting coincides with statewide efforts to tamp down retail crime. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 Perez-Labrada was arrested Tuesday and charged with counterfeiting goods involving 1,000 or more items or a total retail value of $20,000 or more, records show. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 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 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 Cannon, a star with the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders, admitted to counterfeiting in the mid-1980s. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026 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 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 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

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Verb

Expanding worker retraining programs, investing in the ailing public school system, and improving access to community colleges will do far more than tariffs to rebuild the middle class—and are the first steps in forging a new social contract.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
But since the start of the war, Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria have continued upgrading their navies while forging closer cooperation on maritime security, according to Carnegie.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of forging

Verb

Lee ingratiates himself by pretending to be interested in becoming a CO himself — attracted to the manliness and the glamor.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
In a news release, police said that 25-year-old Baldwin Park resident Juan Carlos Amaya contacted the teenage girl via Snapchat and began talking to her while pretending to be 17 years old.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pretending

Verb

Harry and Meghan appear more interested in faking the image of royalty than embracing its purpose.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The cases target people the department accuses of concealing criminal activity, faking their identities or lying to the government to get their citizenship.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of faking

Verb

Simulating an investment banker’s work is fundamentally different from simulating a software engineer’s work, CEO Jerry Wu tells Fortune.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Silicon sampling troubles some polling traditionalists who are uneasy about ethical and other implications of simulating human responses.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of simulating

Verb

Check your insurance terms directly rather than assuming elective treatment or related complications are covered.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
However, other analysts have expressed concerns about assuming that take-or-pay legal structures are iron-clad and about equating backlogs with revenue.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of assuming

Verb

That can be normal in venture, where deals are attributed to top partners, but seems to be affecting women more.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
At the same time, Harris, closer in age to his part than the women, moves and sounds like the old cowboys, with an affecting note of sorrow — the lion dying, and dying with regrets — sounding throughout his performance.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

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