has been purporting

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of purport (3rd person singular).
  purport

  verb (used with object)

  to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely.

Related Words

• imply
• pose as
• pretend
• profess