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forgery

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The act of forging metal into shape.

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.

That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.

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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery. Ralph Hodgson

It is quite bizarre that scholars trying to prove a point discredit their own case by using a proven forgery without any comment. Koenraad Elst

When we come to creative art, to the living word of a man delivering a message to his own time, it is clear that any attempt to alter this later on is simply fraud and forgery. George Bernard Shaw

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery. Deb Caletti

In the future the way that Whittaker Chambers was able to carry out forgery by typewriter will be disclosed. Alger Hiss

A Bell County caregiver is charged with elder abuse, forgery and theft following an investigation by the Bell County Sheriff’s Office. Source: Internet

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