Forgery Definition
fôrjə-rē
forgeries
noun
forgeries
The act or legal offense of imitating or counterfeiting documents, signatures, works of art, etc. to deceive.
Webster's New World
Something that has been forged, especially a document that has been copied or remade to look like the original.
American Heritage
Anything forged.
Webster's New World
Invention.
Webster's New World
A false banknote, document, work of art, or other imitation of a thing of value, created to be passed off as real; the act of creating such an object.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- real thing
- authentic work
- original
Other Word Forms of Forgery
Noun
Singular:
forgery
Plural:
forgeriesOrigin of Forgery
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Recorded since recorded 1574; from the verb to forge, from Middle English, via Anglo-Norman forger from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricari "to frame, construct, fabricate", itself from fabrica 'workshop; construction', from faber 'workman, smith'
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