falsify
verb (used with object)
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.
had been falsifying
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past perfect progressiveof falsify.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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An anonymous caller had claimed Chaudhri hadn't recorded her work hours properly and had been falsifying entries on a computer system.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2020
Nevertheless, he said the supplier’s senior leadership had to present to Boeing a detailed plan to make sure it wouldn’t happen again, and the mechanic who had been falsifying data was retrained.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2017
According to the indictment the 58-year-old Luck admitted that in 2009 Geringer confessed he had been falsifying the Growth Fund’s trading records for several years.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2015
The arrangement between the Education Department and Corinthian grew out of concerns that the company had been falsifying job placement rates and other academic data to remain accredited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2014
The Equity Funding scandal this spring did nothing to allay that suspicion; some institutions got rid of their stock before news broke that an insurance subsidiary of Equity Funding had been falsifying its books.
From Time Magazine Archive
