counterfeit
adjective
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.
were 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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If he were counterfeiting in his cave, he would probably do it badly and get caught.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bolsheviki were counterfeiting the old Czar's paper money and the Kerensky money and issuing currency of their own.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
If she were counterfeiting a type, enough of the original Mrs. Nevill Tyson remained to give her own supernatural näiveté to the character.
From The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) by May Sinclair
They were there long before them scalawags were counterfeiting inside that cave.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
