counterfeit
adjective
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.
had counterfeited
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past perfectof counterfeit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Oren, in his front-page column in Haaretz, anticipated a diplomatic crisis over the suspicions that Mossad had counterfeited British passports.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2010
This knight was, unknown to Arthur, a lover of Morgan le Fay, being he for whose sake she had counterfeited the magic scabbard of the sword Excalibur.
From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Charles Morris
The mother, however, wanted it be exhumed and burned, for it was the offspring of a fiend who had counterfeited her husband.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
In his letter of October 12, 1751, Æneas Macdonald mentions a report ‘too audacious to be believed; that Glengarry had counterfeited his Majesty’s signature to gett the money that he gott in Scotland.’
From Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang
It was not possible; and it was evident, that while in the darkness, he was supposed to have been slain by the Tuscarora, he had counterfeited death, hoping to find some means of escape.
From The Frontiersmen by Gustave Aimard
