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forgery

noun
/ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/UK/ˈfɔːɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɪ/US

Etymology

Recorded since 1574; from forge + -ery, from Middle English forgen, via Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricārī (“to frame, construct, fabricate”), itself from fabrica (“workshop; construction”), from faber (“workman, smith”). (fake): Compare typologically Russian кова́рный (kovárnyj), кова́рство (kovárstvo), ко́зни (kózni) (akin to кова́ть (kovátʹ), ку́зница (kúznica)).

  1. derived from fabricō
  2. derived from forgier
  3. derived from forger
  4. derived from forgen

Definitions

  1. The act of forging metal into shape.

    • the forgery of horseshoes

  2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely

    The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially 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.

    • the forgery of a bond

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

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An invention, creation.

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Derived

cross-site request forgery, forger, philatelic forgery, postal forgery, sporgery

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA