counterfeiting

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noun

The act of one who counterfeits.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of counterfeit
nouncounterfeiting (plural counterfeitings)

plural counterfeitings

  1. The act of one who counterfeits.

    Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]

    1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
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APA

counterfeiting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfeiting

MLA

“counterfeiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfeiting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterfeiting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfeiting.

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