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 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 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 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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Now, 15 years later, Cook has catapulted the company to stratospheric heights by forging his own path.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Most school districts are forging ahead with technology in classrooms.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of forging

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As a result, Kaspersky suspects the ultimate goal was to use the infected head units to display ads and faking interactions with them to commit online ad fraud.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Prosecutors said Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of faking

Verb

The $31 billion spending program Taipei unveiled is one of a number of efforts to respond, such as expanding live-fire exercises to include the use of first-person view drones and simulating a maritime blockade.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
My own view is that the bill should have more restrictive testing requirements around edge cases—for instance, simulating power outages or major emergencies—before driverless vehicles can be deployed.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

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Coronated at age 3 after his father’s death, the curious boy king in colorful robes mesmerized world leaders and ruled through regents until assuming full authority at 18.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
At those levels, assuming no additional charges, paying off the debt while making minimum payments could take nearly 27 years and cost nearly $13,000 in interest alone, according to Bankrate's credit card calculator.

— Mike Winters, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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