falsify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.
to falsify income-tax reports.
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to alter fraudulently.
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to represent falsely.
He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
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to show or prove to be false; disprove.
to falsify a theory.
- Synonyms:
- controvert , confute , refute , discredit , rebut
verb (used without object)
verb
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to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
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to prove false; disprove
Related Words
See misrepresent.
Other Word Forms
- falsifiable adjective
- falsification noun
- falsifier noun
- unfalsified adjective
Etymology
Origin of falsify
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English falsifien, from Middle French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre; false, -ify
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The defendants engaged in a "deliberate and deceptive effort to transship controlled Nvidia GPUs to China by falsifying paperwork, creating fake contracts, and misleading US authorities," Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg said in a statement.
From Barron's
He instructed the reporter to falsify the records, saying she should enter notes claiming a consultation had already taken place.
From BBC
She also told police that observation records detailing what patients had been doing, which are important in giving clinicians a sense of how that person is coping, were often falsified.
From BBC
The carer responsible had falsified records to suggest checks had been carried out and was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years, for willful neglect in February 2023.
From BBC
We showed our undercover filming and translations to senior immigration lawyer Bryony Rest, who told us Hussain was "clearly offering to falsify documents".
From BBC
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