Thesaurus results for PHONYING

phonying

verb

present participle of phony

as in forging

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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Bahl said the film centers on music, identity and belonging, and takes place in a period when a generation was forging a cultural identity of its own.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The county party chair and operations director were charged with perjury and forgery, but the crime was forging signatures, not their strategy.

— Drew Kurlowski, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of forging

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The effort to combat escalating instances of counterfeiting coincides with statewide efforts to tamp down retail crime.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
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

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Landmark rules forbid faking a history that a space never had, so the team went openly Deco instead.

— Lauren Mechling, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026
The mission involved faking a plane crash and planting documents on a dead body, convincing Hitler to move thousands of troops.

— Courtney Cole, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Molecules behave according to quantum mechanics, which makes quantum computers a potentially natural tool for simulating them.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
The video garnered plenty of attention on social media as some who watched on television believed Jacobs was simulating getting handcuffed.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

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