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1. (n.) forgery
the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected.
2. forgery
a writing so made or altered, as a false document or signature.
3. forgery
any spurious work that is claimed to be genuine, as a painting or coin; counterfeit.
4. forgery
an act of producing something forged.
5. forgery
Archaic. invention; artifice.
Etymology: (1565–75)
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| Definition of 'forgery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) counterfeit, forgery
a copy that is represented as the original
2. (noun) forgery
criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
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1. (noun) forgery
an illegal copy
passport forgeries
2. forgery
the act or process of illegally copying
fraud and forgery
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| Definition of 'forgery' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) forgery
the act of forging metal into shape
2. (noun) forgery
the act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., 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; as, the forgery of a bond
3. (noun) forgery
that which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited
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Sense: (the crime of) copying pictures, documents, signatures etc and pretending they are genuine
He was sent to prison for forgery.
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 Afrikaans: plagiaat |
 Arabic: تَزْوير، تَزْييف |
 Bulgarian: фалшификация |
 Brazilian: falsificação |
 Czech: padělání |
 German: das Fälschen |
 Danish: falskneri |
 Greek: πλαστογράφηση |
 Spanish: falsificación |
 Estonian: võltsimine |
 Farsi: جعل |
 Finnish: väärentäminen |
 French: faux, contrefaçon |
 Hebrew: זִיוּף |
 Hindi: जाल साजी |
 Croatian: krivotvorenje |
 Hungarian: hamisítás |
 Indonesian: pemalsuan |
 Icelandic: fölsun |
 Italian: contraffazione, falsifica |
 Japanese: 偽造 |
 Korean: 문서 위조 |
 Lithuanian: klastojimas |
 Latvian: (dokumenta, paraksta) vil |
 Malay: pemalsuan |
 Dutch: falsificatie |
 Norwegian: falskneri, dokumentfalsk |
 Polish: fałszerstwo |
 Persian: جعل |
 Pashto: جعل |
 Portuguese: falsificação |
 Romanian: fals; contrafacere |
 Russian: подлог |
 Slovak: falšovanie |
 Slovenian: ponarejanje |
 Serbian: krivotvorenje |
 Swedish: urkundsförfalskning, förf |
 Thai: การปลอมแปลง |
 Turkish: sahtekârlık |
 Taiwanese: 偽造罪 |
 Ukrainian: підробка |
 Urdu: جعل سازی |
 Vietnamese: tội giả mạo |
 Chinese: 伪造罪 |
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