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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

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 Aimard, Gustave

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 Morris, Charles

Collins had counterfeited sleep until, utterly exhausted, he had actually dropped off into slumber, so Ned had no captive to watch for the time being.

From Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

He confessed to the admiral that he had clipped many ryals, and had counterfeited some; he even confessed some things concerning our matter, but not much, and would tell us nothing.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert