falsify
verb (used with object)
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.
had falsified
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past perfectof falsify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had falsified records and one infant in her care had been found covered in their own faeces.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In a 2021 investigation, the French drug safety agency had already reported that IHU staff had falsified an ethics document related to this work.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
These “facts” must have been too convenient to check, because the New Republic later revealed that Smith had falsified both claims.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2023
The interim president and chief executive of the Southern Baptist Convention’s powerful executive committee resigned Thursday over the discovery that he had falsified academic credentials on his résumé.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
It was during this wait that factual information was obtained concerning a dean at Belmont who had falsified a faculty promotion sheet.
From Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague
