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forgeries

  • plural
    of forgery.
    forgery
    noun
    the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.

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The expert concluded that Hsieh’s signatures in the surprise will are forgeries.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Lazarus rose in the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department, becoming a detective in charge of art forgeries and thefts.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2024

Smith was tried and found guilty the following year for knowingly selling and pawning his forgeries.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2023

But there are also many cases of clear forgeries and hoaxes—or, possibly, Native American monuments which have been culturally hijacked in the search for evidence of Vikings.

From Slate Nov. 11, 2023

“Eva Seiler’s papers are all forgeries in any case,” I pointed out.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein