counterfeit
adjective
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.
was counterfeiting
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past progressiveof counterfeit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Sheridan had no right to give a stamp of merit: it was counterfeiting Apollo's coin.'
From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Charles Grosvenor Osgood
The rebels thought he was counterfeiting blindness, but I believe it was real.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger
A little glimmering of reason made the physician Dr. Boncraft tell the Lord Chief Justice Anderson that Mother Jackson was wrongfully accused, and the girl was counterfeiting.
From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
No one was asked for a pass or a letter, especially since in the neighborhood of Karl, who was counterfeiting kindness, no man dared trouble another.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
It so happened that a few steps from him was a genuine specimen of the profession he was counterfeiting.
From Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant by Horatio Alger
