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FORGERY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does forgery mean?

• FORGERY (noun)
The noun FORGERY has 2 senses:

1. a copy that is represented as the original
2. criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

Familiarity information: FORGERY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FORGERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A copy that is represented as the original

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

counterfeit; forgery; imitation

Hypernyms ("forgery" is a kind of...):

copy (a secondary representation of an original)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forgery"):

fake; postiche; sham (something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("forgery" is a kind of...):

falsehood; falsification (the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting)

crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

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