How to Use falsify in a Sentence

falsify

verb
  • He was caught falsifying financial accounts.
  • The charges: Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
    Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The program’s textbooks, The Times found, at times falsify or downplay the failings of the U.S. government.
    Ilana Marcus, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Trump pleaded not guilty in April to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
    Michael R. Sisak, ajc, 20 June 2023
  • The rarity of a stand-alone falsifying business records case stems partly from the low-level nature of the charge.
    Sean Piccoli, New York Times, 7 May 2023
  • Hoadley punched someone while on duty and falsified and destroyed records about the encounter.
    Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Trump appeared in a Manhattan courtroom in April to plead not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • But fortunately, its major claims were of this world and could be falsified.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In New York, Trump is accused of falsifying business records.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Trump pleaded not guilty in April in Manhattan to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
    Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There's a closer division in views about the charges of falsifying business records on which Trump has been indicted in New York.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 6 May 2023
  • At the same time, Trump is contending with a separate indictment by the state of New York on felony charges of falsifying business records.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 14 June 2023
  • In March, he was charged with falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment during his 2016 campaign.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records last week, becoming the first former president to be charged with a crime.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Trump and his legal team traveled to New York City in early April for his arraignment on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records.
    Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 27 June 2023
  • Bragg charged Trump with more serious felony counts by arguing the records were falsified to cover up other crimes.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In addition to the charges of bank fraud, Pates admitted to helping two taxpayers falsify tax returns in 2015.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • New York grand jury indicts Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records.
    Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The misdemeanor charge carries a sentence of up to one year in jail, but a felony conviction of falsifying business records carries up to a four-year sentence.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Rice said prior to the discovery of the remains, Scott was charged in connection to the case with falsifying information to police.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 May 2023
  • The other, in state court in New York, involves allegedly falsifying business records.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison, though there is no guarantee that a conviction would result in jail time.
    Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2024
  • According to the New York Times, they were accused of falsifying business records to influence the market price of Mattel stock to their own benefit.
    Vulture, 25 July 2023
  • The motion seeks to have Merchan, who presided over Trump’s arraignment on 34 counts of falsifying business records in Manhattan, step aside, Trump's lawyers said.
    Adam Reiss, NBC News, 1 June 2023
  • At most, falsifying business records amounts to a low-level felony that carries a maximum of four year in prison for each count, although a judge could sentence Trump to probation.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Last year, the subsidiary, which make trucks and buses, admitted to falsifying emissions data on some engines dating back to 2003.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And Trump has been indicted in New York on charges of falsifying business records connected to hush money payments during the 2016 election.
    Jacqueline Alemany, Spencer S. Hsu, Perry Stein, Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023

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