forgery
noun
, ˈfȯr-jə-\
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counterfeit, fake, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham
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Other charges included burglary, tampering with evidence, and forgery for allegedly forging child custody documents. — Kris Maher, WSJ, "Ohio Officials Charge Family in ‘Execution’ of Another Family," 13 Nov. 2018 The Florida Supreme Court Referee's report found Marcellus knew his ex-wife's signature had been forged on a loan modification document, stopping just short of saying Marcellus engineered the forgery. — David J. Neal, miamiherald, "The lawyer fought for the house in his divorce. He's been suspended," 11 June 2018 Keil was transferred to the Chillicothe prison in July 2011 while serving time for forgery and theft. — Andy Marso, kansascity, "Woman says she reported prison guard's rape to a counselor, then he assaulted her, too," 30 May 2018 An Asaib party official denied that, saying forgery in the elections had in fact cost the movement seats. — Isabel Coles, WSJ, "Iraqi Who Once Killed Americans Is a U.S. Dilemma as He Gains Political Power," 11 Dec. 2018 Even worse, a forgery defense known as certificate pinning would do nothing to detect the hack. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Sennheiser discloses monumental blunder that cripples HTTPS on PCs and Macs," 28 Nov. 2018 Are these clues that Voth should have picked up on — ones indicating that this manuscript is a modern forgery? — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, "In Jordy Rosenberg’s new novel, it’s a trans, trans, trans, trans world," 22 June 2018 West now faces charges of theft by receiving and forgery. — Michelle Ewing, ajc, "Man arrested after trying to pay waitress with her own stolen credit card, police say," 21 June 2018 The Algosaibi family blamed its default on Mr. Sanea whom the family accused of fraud, theft and forgery. — Rory Jones, WSJ, "Saudi Arabia’s New Bankruptcy Court Gets a $6 Billion Test," 3 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'forgery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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