counterfeit
adjective
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.
are counterfeiting
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present progressiveof counterfeit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But it’s not just the newcomer predatory publishers that are counterfeiting.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2015
The force is concentrated in one district if there are counterfeiting operations in progress, and then sent to another district as required.
From Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds by Jerome Buell Lavay
