How to Use forgery in a Sentence
forgery
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The forgery charges could result in penalties of up to 10 years in prison.
—Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
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In 1968, Sill was sent to jail on narcotics and forgery charges.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
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Frank Abagnale, for his part, didn’t have to turn to forgery.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
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He was charged with one count of theft, wire fraud, burglary and forgery.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Broadcom's shares fell when the memo was exposed as a forgery.
—Matthew F. Ferraro For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 10 June 2019
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There was a spate of forgeries in the 1990s, when collectible values first went through the roof.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 10 May 2018
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Fraud and forgery charges can be punished with jail sentences of up to five years.
—NBC News, 3 Nov. 2021
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Kaul has filed the felony forgery charges in Dane County Circuit Court.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
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The letter from Italy is believed to have been stolen and replaced with forgery in about 1950.
—Madison Park, CNN, 7 June 2018
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In some cases, such a change does not count as forgery or breach of contract.
—Yec, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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The man, 21, was identified and found to have an active warrant in the city for forgery.
—cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
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West now faces charges of theft by receiving and forgery.
—Michelle Ewing, ajc, 21 June 2018
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Founder Lim Oon Kuin was charged with abetment of forgery in August.
—Joe Wallace, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2020
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In previous years, the sentence for forgery on the Bank of England had been death.
—Paul Brown, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Wrapped in on the indictment was the case of an Akron man, 60, charged with one count each of forgery and passing bad checks.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 29 July 2022
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She is charged with felony forgery and felony theft by receiving.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2020
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There have even been discussions in the past about whether the artifact is a forgery.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 21 Sep. 2020
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Some doubters even suggested that the statue was a forgery.
—New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
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West was jailed on theft and forgery charges, KATV reported.
—Crystal Hill, miamiherald, 19 June 2018
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She was wanted on a warrant for forgery out of Mayfield Heights.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
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The law director said thieves caught stealing mail will be charged with theft and forgery.
—John Benson, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2022
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Due to their high prices, Banksy pieces have been subject to imitation and forgery in the past.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
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Day one was black, two red, three green, four yellow, five blue, and each was stamped to prevent forgery.
—Catherine Ostler, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2022
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This has given rise to a class of attack known as a CSRF, short for cross-script request forgery.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2022
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Ten years before, while the rivals were still in their teens, Merton Ames had been charged with forgery.
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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And if there were a forged deed, that would require a lawsuit to invalidate the deed based on the forgery.
—Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
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Overall, Shipman was charged with 15 counts of murder and one count of forgery — though there could be many more.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
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In 2007, he was convicted of forgery in New Hampshire and was sentenced to one year.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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The Romans had laws against forgery in 80 BC, and people have been doctoring photos since the medium's invention.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2025
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The two also have a pending case in Platte County where they are both charged with three felony counts of tampering with a motor vehicle and three felony counts of forgery.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
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