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
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On 16 January, Yoon was found guilty of abuse of power, falsifying documents and obstructing justice when he tried and failed to impose martial law in the country in 2024.
From BBC
But according to the indictment, he paid himself above-market rate to “rent” properties he already owned, falsifying records to show he’d paid market rate to made-up landlords in order to house his clients.
From Los Angeles Times
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that it was "intolerable" that the revision books for the French school leavers' exam, the baccalaureat, "falsify the facts" about the "terrorist and antisemitic attacks by Hamas".
From Barron's
Tactics include changing vessel names and falsifying coordinates.
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
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