as in hoax
an imitation that is passed off as genuine
that is a cheap forgery, not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase
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Recent Examples of forgery
Court records show that 24-year-old Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra has been charged with forgery, and he is being held on $50,000 bond.
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Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
All of these were efforts to reduce the forgery of his designs.
—Brian Ng, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Mangione also faces state-level murder charges in New York weapons and forgery charges in Pennsylvania, where he was caught after a five-day manhunt.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In 2021, while working for Big Blue Box, Larson was put on probation in Dakota County for check forgery and theft by swindle for defrauding a previous employer.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
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Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
All of these were efforts to reduce the forgery of his designs.
—Brian Ng, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Mangione also faces state-level murder charges in New York weapons and forgery charges in Pennsylvania, where he was caught after a five-day manhunt.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In 2021, while working for Big Blue Box, Larson was put on probation in Dakota County for check forgery and theft by swindle for defrauding a previous employer.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgery
Noun
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The hoax of further democratizing what was always implicitly democratic relies on sham logic.—
Armond White,
National Review,
27 June 2025
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The Balloon Boy hoax would seem to have all the right elements for a revisitation: a hapless, alleged victim (6-year-old Falcon Heene), sky-high danger (the balloon reached about 7,000 feet), daringly duplicitous parents (Richard and Mayumi Heene), and a national profile that gripped audiences.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Longer answer: Many of these products are either mass-produced by unbranded manufacturers or straight-up counterfeit.—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2025
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On counterfeits, the color is almost always wrong, usually a highlighter shade of yellow instead.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Forgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgery. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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