counterfeit
adjective
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.
is counterfeiting
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present progressiveof counterfeit (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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No: The mystery over who is counterfeiting America’s most popular doll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2018
But he was a gentleman, and forgery is not a gentlemanly vice, any more than is counterfeiting bank-notes.
From At Last by Marion Harland
We find one Frenchman lying at full length upon his face, but he is counterfeiting death.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
It were not surprising therefore at the outset that his readers should inquire if he is sincere and reliable, or whether on the contrary he is counterfeiting honesty with a sanctimonious face.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman
The expert can generally distinguish it from the precious stone which it is counterfeiting; but if he is in doubt he lays it on a flatiron and hits it with a sledgehammer.
From Following the Equator, Part 7 by Mark Twain
