backdate
verb (used with object)
to date earlier than the actual date; predate; antedate.
had backdated
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past perfectof backdate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In November 2019, The Reporter published an article in which a lawyer for one of the teenagers claimed that county officials had backdated a document in his client’s case.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
SEC documents obtained by Common Cause magazine and the CBS-TV show 60 Minutes revealed that Government investigators also learned that Reed had backdated the required brokerage forms and signed the names of two other people.
From Time Magazine Archive
