forgery

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈfɔrdʒəri/ UK /ˈfɔːdʒəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of making a fraudulent copy; a forged item

Experts declared the signature on the will a clumsy forgery.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of making a... counterfeit fake fraud imitation sham falsification fabrication

Opposites

original authentic

Word family

Related forms forge forger

Etymology

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.

forgier Old French fabricare Latin faber Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# forgery

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɔrdʒəri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɔːdʒəri/

## Meanings
1. the act of making a fraudulent copy; a forged item

## Examples
- Experts declared the signature on the will a clumsy forgery.

## Synonyms
- counterfeit
- fake
- fraud
- imitation
- sham
- falsification
- fabrication

## Antonyms
- original
- authentic

## Related Forms
- forge
- forger

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: forgier
- Root: fabricare
- Root: faber

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Forgery comes 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. The etymological trail includes Old French forgier, Latin fabricare, and Latin faber. As a noun, forgery names the act of making a fraudulent copy; a forged item. The same family is visible in related forms such as forge and forger. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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