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 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 He and Baines were imprisoned and questioned for counterfeiting coins, and Marlowe was sent home. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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In forging a relationship with Darline Graham — who is new to politics but was a constant in her brother’s political career — Trump could be angling to develop another ally to help steer his agenda through the Senate.

— Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
The dispute led to Anderson’s arrest last year after Foster accused her of forging his signature on a deed for the property, according to a Rockland/Westchester Journal News report.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026

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The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
By stop-starting Gvardiol — a trick that lulls defenders into a false sense of security — and then faking to go one way and then the other, Messi found space where there seemed to be none and set up Julian Alvarez for Argentina’s third goal.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

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These tasks include simulating how molecules interact to help scientists design new drugs, discovering materials that could improve technologies such as solar panels and batteries, and advancing fields such as cryptography.

— Aldo Romero, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
The renderer then uses the Neo Geo hardware to efficiently scale sprites into 16-pixel-wide strips, simulating the wall’s size and position in that column of the screen.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

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One of the biggest mistakes that business leaders make amid expansion is assuming customers in new markets have the same wants, needs, emotional reactions and behaviors.

— Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
In addition, the vote-by-mail ballots postmarked before or on Election Day need to be counted, too — assuming they are received by a county elections office no later than seven days after the election, the secretary of state’s office said.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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