falsify
verb
fal·si·fy
ˈfȯl-sə-ˌfī 
falsified; falsifying
2
: to make false: such as
a
: to make false by mutilation or addition
the accounts were falsified to conceal a theft
b
: to represent falsely : misrepresent
3
: to prove unsound by experience
: to tell lies : lie
Examples of falsify in a Sentence
He was caught falsifying financial accounts.
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump was found guilty by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records in May 2024, a historic development for a former president who would win the election months later.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
AlHusseini, 51, of Venice, pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud for falsifying documents that aided in the scheme and is also expected to be sentenced in February.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The audit came as the federal government was investigating job placement rates at several other for-profit colleges and issuing severe penalties to those who falsified their numbers.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump was found guilty by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records in May 2024, a historic development for a former president who would win the election months later.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
AlHusseini, 51, of Venice, pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud for falsifying documents that aided in the scheme and is also expected to be sentenced in February.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The audit came as the federal government was investigating job placement rates at several other for-profit colleges and issuing severe penalties to those who falsified their numbers.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falsify. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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falsify
verb
fal·si·fy
ˈfȯl-sə-ˌfī
falsified; falsifying
: to make false : change so as to deceive
falsify financial accounts
Legal Definition
falsify
transitive verb
fal·si·fy
ˈfȯl-si-ˌfī
falsified; falsifying
: to make false: as
a
: to make (as a document) false by mutilation, alteration, or addition
the motel clerk had falsified the records—M. A. Kelly
M. A. Kelly
b
: to report (as information) falsely
the informant falsified his testimony
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