had been counterfeiting

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of counterfeit.
  counterfeit

  adjective

  made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.

Related Words

• bogus
• copied
• false
• fictitious
• forged
• fraudulent
• phony
• spurious