forger
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.gA person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
» The sudden outflow of counterfeit notes from the bank alerted investigators to an expert forger on the inside.
Der plötzliche Zustrom gefälschter Banknoten aus der Bank machte die Ermittler auf einen erfahrenen Geldfälscher im Inneren aufmerksam.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
Fälscher, Fälscherin
фальсифика́торfalʹsifikátor, подде́лывательpoddélyvatelʹ, фальшивомоне́тчикfalʹšivomonétčik
A person who forges metals.
Schmied, Schmiedin
кузне́цkuznéc, кова́льkoválʹ
someone who operates a forge
Examples
2 sentencesThe sudden outflow of counterfeit notes from the bank alerted investigators to an expert forger on the inside.
deDer plötzliche Zustrom gefälschter Banknoten aus der Bank machte die Ermittler auf einen erfahrenen Geldfälscher im Inneren aufmerksam.
Rumors spread that the forger had bribed the guards at the palisade with expertly faked coins, buying himself safe passage.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English forger, forgere, from Old French forgiere; equivalent to forge + -er.From Middle English forger, forgere, from Old French forgiere; equivalent to forge + -er.
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