forgery

English

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'

Pronunciation

• (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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Noun

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

Synonyms

• counterfeit
• fake

Derived terms

• forger

Translations

the act of forging metal into shape

Dutch: smederij, smeden n. Finnish: taonta (fi) German: Schmieden (de) n. Polish: kucie n.

Portuguese: forjar (pt) Russian: ковка (ru) (kóvka) f. Serbian: skovati

the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 偽造, simpl. 伪造 (wěizhào) Czech: padělání n. Dutch: bedrog n., namaak, vervalsing Finnish: väärentäminen (fi) German: Fälschen (de) n. Greek: πλαστογραφία (el) (plastografía) f.

Hungarian: hamisítás (hu) Polish: fałszowanie n., podrabianie n. Portuguese: forjar (pt) Russian: подлог (ru) (podlóg) m., подделка (ru) (podd'élka) f., фальсификация (ru) (fal'sifikácija) f. Serbian: krivotvoriti

that which is forged or counterfeited

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 贗品, simpl. 赝品 (yànpǐn) Czech: padělek (cs) m., podvrh (cs) m. Dutch: namaak, vervalsing Finnish: väärennös (fi) German: Fälschung (de) f., Falsifikat (de) n. Greek: πλαστογράφηση (el) (plastográfisi) f.

Hungarian: hamisítvány (hu) Polish: falsyfikat m. Portuguese: forjar (pt) Russian: подделка (ru) (podd'élka) f., фальшивка (ru) (fal'šívka) f., липа (ru) (lípa) f. Serbian: krivotvorina Spanish: falsificación (es) f.

invention — see invention

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French: contrefaçon, falsification, faux, invention Italian: falso Japanese: 偽作 (ja) (gisaku)

Korean: Hangul: 위조 Romaja: wijo Latin: (Modern Latin) contrafactio nominative, contrafactionis genitive; falsificatio nominative, falsificationis genitive; (Classical Latin) falsum Spanish: falsificación