falsify
verb (used with object)
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.
were falsifying
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past progressiveof falsify.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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Applicants were falsifying information such as their age, how long they have held a licence, how many penalty points they have on their licence and occupation, Aviva said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 2, 2022
She also complained that some instructors were falsifying training records.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2019
During about 18 months at the company, Mr. Tierney said, he warned top management that some sales reps were falsifying inventory reconciliations—recording tissue grafts as being at one hospital when they actually had been redistributed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2018
Other employees were falsifying school attendance records and working part-time jobs on the side, Inspector General James Sullivan’s report alleged.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 4, 2012
They were falsifying weights and measures, and selling the refuse of the wheat.
From All Saints' Day and Other Sermons by Kingsley, Charles
