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
In Pennsylvania, Mangione has pleaded not guilty to charges of forgery, possession of an instrument of a crime and giving a false ID to an officer.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Tyra Marie Avila, 47, is charged with theft, cybercrime, embezzlement of public property and forgery, all felonies, along with misdemeanor check fraud, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2025
Mangione was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in April on 11 counts, including one count of murder in the first degree and other weapons and forgery charges.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Their father, my grandfather, was a career low-life criminal and was in jail all the time for forgery and conning people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Tyra Marie Avila, 47, is charged with theft, cybercrime, embezzlement of public property and forgery, all felonies, along with misdemeanor check fraud, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2025
Mangione was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in April on 11 counts, including one count of murder in the first degree and other weapons and forgery charges.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Their father, my grandfather, was a career low-life criminal and was in jail all the time for forgery and conning people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgery
Noun
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Roundly condemned as an archaeological hoax by scholars, Inghirami undertook to publish a 1,000-page defense of his forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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No one who was ever in the house, who investigated it, ever called it a hoax.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The crime drama follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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While fake goods have exchanged hands in informal markets since ancient times, the growth of online marketplaces has contributed to the rise in counterfeits because of how easy online shopping and selling have become.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Paige Tortorelli,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Forgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgery. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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