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.
A GP says she has experienced patients putting "weights on their backs" to falsify readings in order to be prescribed weight-loss injections online.
From BBC
Analysts at the firm said the ship had previously loaded crude oil from Venezuela and Iran, while falsifying its position via its onboard tracker, a process known as spoofing.
From BBC
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
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