Meaning
- The act of forging metal into shape.
- 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.
- That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
- An invention, creation.
Synonyms
spurious article
forged document
apocryphal work
spurious letter
apocryphal book
spurious book
identity fraud
forged/faked document
faked document
counterfeit money
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/
Etymology
Recorded since 1574; from the verb to forge, from Middle English forgen, 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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