forgery

[fawr-juh-ree, fohr-]

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noun, plural for·ger·ies.

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.

the production of a spurious work that is claimed to be genuine, as a coin, a painting, or the like.

something, as a coin, a work of art, or a writing, produced by forgery.

an act of producing something forged.

Archaic. invention; artifice.

Nearby words

Origin of forgery

First recorded in 1565–75; forge¹ + -ery

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Examples from the Web for forgery

But Colette sees a more serious problem with forgery, beyond the distorting effect forgery has on the art market.
Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise|Lizzie Crocker|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, if the text is a forgery, then it is a better forgery than previously thought.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever|Candida Moss|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the one hand, tests designed to prove that the text is a forgery failed to establish its inauthenticity.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever|Candida Moss|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The single test that would definitively prove whether or not GJW is a forgery would also destroy it.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever|Candida Moss|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Then again … as I said, for a forgery to deceive at all, it has to preserve a great many features of a genuine object.
Can A Fake Be As Good As Real?|Blake Gopnik|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Might not the forgery itself from the very beginning have been part of a plan to ruin F.D.?
The Living Link|James De Mille
You have also stated that the thumb-print on the paper found in Mr. Hornby's safe is a forgery.
The Red Thumb Mark|R. Austin Freeman
"Then the story of the forgery was not kept in the family," remarked Calamity icily.
Captain Calamity|Rolf Bennett
After twenty centuries of time, the forgery blushes to look criticism in the face.
The Bible Unveiled|M. M. Mangasarian
That story, ben trovato but not vero, rests on a forgery by the Regent!
John Knox and the Reformation|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for forgery

forgery

noun plural -geries

the act of reproducing something for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose

something forged, such as a work of art or an antique

criminal law

the false making or altering of any document, such as a cheque or character reference (and including a postage stamp), or any tape or disc on which information is stored, intending that anyone shall accept it as genuine and so act to his or another's prejudice
something forged

criminal law the counterfeiting of a seal or die with intention to defraud

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Word Origin and History for forgery