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
  • By the end of the evening, fueled by a few glasses of wine and a handful of casual board games, new friendships were forged and potentially long-lasting connections made.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • If an agreement isn’t forged, the concern is that the Blazers will lose the funding and perhaps begin looking for another city in which to play.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 31 July 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
  • Shortly after the telescope was invented in 1608, Galileo peered out into the solar system and saw the amazing ring system.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 30 July 2026
  • Rent the Runway invented a category, but has struggled since the pandemic.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of invented
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