forgery — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of forging metal into shape.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   the forgery of horseshoes

2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   the forgery of a bond

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   Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.

3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. An invention, creation.

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   • Archaic
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. a copy that is represented as the original

   Synonyms

   counterfeit

   Broader terms

   imitation

2. criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

   Broader terms

   falsificationfalsehoodcrimecriminal offensecriminal offencelaw-breaking