pinchbeck

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Adjective
  • The audience gets glimmers of Katie and Greg’s relationship, but the show is bogged down by dull characters like the policeman who seems to have it out for Greg, and even by its focus on Archie’s point of view, which is just a depiction of narcissism and a formulaic pseudo-midlife crisis.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
  • These currencies are an integral part of cybercrime operations, as they are poorly understood and are often pseudo-anonymous, says Kristina Amerhauser, a senior analyst from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The scam operations typically involve bogus investment schemes and feigned romances that collectively extort tens of billions of dollars from victims around the world every year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That leaves only the feigned feud between Paul and Gronkowski — Brady’s longtime pal and New England Patriots teammate.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Edwards would set aside coins that couldn't be cashed — including foreign or counterfeit currency — and take them home.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But the story wasn't done, and the creators have returned with a full-on movie, set during World War II, with the Nazis using counterfeit money to destabilize England's economy.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s 80-year-old former leader, is serving a 27-year prison term on charges widely viewed as spurious and politically motivated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Using that spurious justification, ICE agents have detained, assaulted, and even — in the case of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti — killed people for recording.
    Andrew Case, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In another case, Nita Almuete Paddit Palma, 76, and her husband, Adolfo Catbagan, 68, are accused of operating three fraudulent hospice care facilities, including one that was operating while Palma was free on bond in another hospice fraud case.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Medicare paid the Gills more than $4 million on the fraudulent claims.
    Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Some criticism has also focused on the film's marketing, which has been described as misleading.
    Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This is technically true and profoundly misleading.
    Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Croft School is also being sued by a commercial landlord who alleges that Given provided them with a forged letter of credit for $500,000 in the hopes of expanding into the Foodie's Market location in the South End.
    Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • She was also found guilty of insurance fraud for taking out a $100,000 insurance policy on her husband's life with his forged signature and also for submitting a claim following his death.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Engage in real, ongoing collaborations — not phony one-offs.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Still, those sorts of phony statements have deeply diminished faith in our elections and our increasingly rickety democracy.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Pinchbeck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinchbeck. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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