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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
Sophia’s grandmother later sued Alameda County in April 2023, claiming the agency failed time and again to protect the child, breaking more than a dozen state child welfare regulations and later falsifying records to cover their tracks.
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Both were subsequently suspended from their jobs — and then indicted on criminal charges in November 2019 for falsifying their inmate counts that night.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
There were also allegations of falsifying police reports.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
So that talks about bringing the car in on like a container truck for shipping and these dealers and buyers were allegedly falsifying those documents to say the vehicle had been in Montana for X period of months and then bringing it in when in reality the vehicle never was.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Both were subsequently suspended from their jobs — and then indicted on criminal charges in November 2019 for falsifying their inmate counts that night.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
There were also allegations of falsifying police reports.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
So that talks about bringing the car in on like a container truck for shipping and these dealers and buyers were allegedly falsifying those documents to say the vehicle had been in Montana for X period of months and then bringing it in when in reality the vehicle never was.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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Noem was removed from her position following demonstrable failures in her management of the Department of Homeland Security, including misrepresenting a $220 million advertising campaign to Congress and inadequate emergency response coordination.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps that’s why the president ignored, and later misrepresented, what his advisers told him.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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In February, Carney and Mooresville Police Chief Ron Campurciani refuted claims in two federal lawsuits against the town about Carney’s behavior during two late-night encounters involving police.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Washington has boosted claims that attacks on Nigerian Christians by militants constitute genocide — a characterization the Nigerian government strongly refutes.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Objects were frequently distorted or missing key components.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Their shapes often distort as one galaxy exerts tidal forces on the other.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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