phonied

verb

past tense of phony
as in forged
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phonied
  1. forged
  2. faked
  3. counterfeited
  4. invented
Verb
  • Thaha Ibrahim, a Muslim, forged a profound connection with the late Sarah Cohen, one of the neighborhood's Jewish matriarchs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Rumor has long held that some of Coltrane’s final works were forged under the shivery benison of LSD.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of forged
Verb
  • The not-so-fleet-of-foot Contreras faked home, but stayed at third.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 July 2026
  • During that time, Welch knew the woman and her daughter had expired tourist visas but faked a variety of records to convince them otherwise.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of faked
Verb
  • The model can spot obvious fakes, but Fleek also runs quality-check centers in Karachi and Delhi that inspect items from brands and categories its data has flagged as frequently counterfeited.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • In this case the driver of the truck did not have a purchase order to claim the delivery although those papers could have easily been counterfeited.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of counterfeited
Verb
  • Bud Billiken, the page’s fictional editor/mascot described as the guardian and protector of children, was invented by Abbott and the Defender’s executive editor Lucius Harper.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • All the other stuff, the journalist and the train ride and stuff like that, is invented.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of invented
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“Phonied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phonied. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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