forgery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of making a fraudulent copy; a forged item

   Experts declared the signature on the will a clumsy forgery.

From forge (in the sense 'to fabricate, counterfeit', from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricare 'to make, construct', from faber 'craftsman') plus the noun suffix -ery. It denotes fraudulent fabrication.

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