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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In a separate statement, Rodríguez’s press office said both sides agreed to work on forging a bilateral cooperation plan to fight drug trafficking in the region, along with migration and terrorism.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Its former treasurer, Amanda DeVos, resigned July 14 following felony charges related to allegedly forging documents.—
Nick El Hajj,
Des Moines Register,
19 Feb. 2026
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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
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Cannon, a star with the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders, admitted to counterfeiting in the mid-1980s.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Wisconsin doesn't have a crime on the books for faking a death.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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After faking a slap shot, Kucherov had sent a pass down to Guentzel.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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The date was set after NASA completed an elaborate fueling test and launch-day walkthrough Thursday, filling its Space Launch System rocket with more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant and simulating nearly every step of the countdown to liftoff.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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The approach of simulating thousands of possibilities and comparing results to physical evidence is transferable to other domains where partial physical evidence exists but documentation doesn’t.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Phonying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phonying. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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