1
as in forging
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
an expert at counterfeiting money
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2
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Andrew Sever,
Forbes.com,
12 Feb. 2026
Murder, kidnapping and probably counterfeiting are all still against the rules in college football.
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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.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
He and Baines were imprisoned and questioned for counterfeiting coins, and Marlowe was sent home.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfeiting
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As American wine continues to evolve, the story is less about competing with Europe than about forging a distinctly American identity.
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The new operation strengthens critical capacities within ATI’s forging flow path, helping customers address persistent aerospace supply chain constraints.
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Our fear resurfaced days ago on the one-month anniversary, when another alert was issued after a man circled the Islamic Center pretending to possess an explosive device while displaying a Nazi flag.
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This is not good news for everyone, and pretending otherwise is its own kind of fake value.
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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.
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Barry will meet the likes of a woman whose husband was accused of faking cancer, with the allegations continuing after his death, and Sophie Dickson, whose daughter Princess Dickson took her own life earlier this year.
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This has become increasingly difficult, with professional players routinely simulating injuries and an offside rule that is interpreted to within fractions of an inch.
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My research focused on simulating how special light waves interact in liquid crystals and using simple equations to approximate and understand those interactions.
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People also tend to confuse fragrance intensity with cleanliness, assuming a strong smell means a deeper clean.
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Investors will take riskier positions, assuming the central bank will save them from their own mistakes.
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In a 2023 survey by World Athletics, a global sports federation, 75% of responding athletes said the impacts of climate change are negatively affecting their health and athletic performance.
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At stake in the battle between HUD and LAHSA is an array of services affecting some of the region’s most vulnerable residents.
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“Counterfeiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterfeiting. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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