forgery

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[edit] Etymology

Recorded since recorded 1574; from the verb to forge, from Middle English, via Anglo-Norman forger from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricari "to frame, construct, fabricate", itself from fabrica 'workshop; construction', from faber 'workman, smith'

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  • (RP) IPA: /ˈfɔː.dʒər.ɪ/, SAMPA: /"fO:.dZ@r.I/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈfɔːr.dʒər.ɪ/, SAMPA: /"fO:r.dZ@r.I/
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[edit] Noun

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Wikipedia forgery (plural forgeries)

  1. The act of forging metal into shape.
  2. 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; as, the forgery of a bond.
  3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
  4. (archaic) An invention, creation

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