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forgery

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for·ger·y  (fôrj-r, fr-)
n. pl. for·ger·ies
1. The act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit.
2. Something counterfeit, forged, or fraudulent.

forgery
Noun
pl -geries
1. an illegal copy of a painting, banknote, antique, etc.
2. the crime of making a fraudulent imitation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forgeryforgery - a copy that is represented as the original
imitation - something copied or derived from an original
2.forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
falsehood, falsification - the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

forgery
noun 1. falsification, faking, pirating, counterfeiting, fraudulence, fraudulent imitation, coining
noun 2. fake, imitation, sham, counterfeit, falsification, phoney or phony (informal)
Translations

forgery [ˈfɔːdʒərɪ] nfalsificación f
forgery [ˈfɔːdʒərɪ] forge nfaux m, contrefaçon f
forgery [ˈfɔːdʒərɪ] forge nFälschung f
forgery [ˈfɔːdʒərɪ] nfalso;
(activity) → contraffazione f


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At so much a week, they had engaged the services of a young man (pers onally known to Benjamin), who was employed in a laboratory under a professor of chemistry, and who had distinguished himself by his skillful manipulation of paper in a recent case of forgery on a well-known London firm.
Listen; this is his description: `Benedetto, condemned, at the age of sixteen, for five years to the galleys for forgery.
They were mostly of a felonious character; comprising the pen with which a celebrated forgery had been committed, a distinguished razor or two, some locks of hair, and several manuscript confessions written under condemnation - upon which Mr.
 
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