Advertisement
Advertisement
falsify
[fawl-suh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.
to falsify income-tax reports.
to alter fraudulently.
to represent falsely.
He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
to show or prove to be false; disprove.
to falsify a theory.
verb (used without object)
to make false statements.
falsify
/ ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ, ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /
verb
to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
to prove false; disprove
Other Word Forms
- falsifiable adjective
- falsification noun
- falsifier noun
- unfalsified adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of falsify1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
He instructed the reporter to falsify the records, saying she should enter notes claiming a consultation had already taken place.
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.
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.
We showed our undercover filming and translations to senior immigration lawyer Bryony Rest, who told us Hussain was "clearly offering to falsify documents".
Advertisement
Related Words
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
