Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of forging metal into shape.

    the forgery of horseshoes

    Schmieden

    ко́вкаkóvka

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

    the forgery of a bond

    Fälschen, Fälschung

    подло́гpodlóg, подде́лкаpoddélka, фальсифика́цияfalʹsifikácija

  3. (countable, uncountable)That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

    Fälschung, Falsifikat

    подде́лкаpoddélka, фальши́вкаfalʹšívka, ли́паlípa

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)An invention, creation.

More definitions
  • criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
  • a copy that is represented as the original

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom showed the forgery to Mary.

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  2. Tom showed the forgery to us.

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  3. Tom has been accused of forgery.

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  4. It's clear that the passport is a forgery.

    ruЯсно, что паспорт является подделкой.

    deDie Sache ist klar; der Pass ist eine Fälschung.

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  5. Tom showed Mary the forgery.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the act of forging metal into shape:
the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely:
that which is forged or counterfeited:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the act of forging metal into shape:
the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely:
that which is forged or counterfeited:

Origin

Recorded since 1574; from forge + -ery, from Middle English forgen, via Anglo-Norman forge

Recorded since 1574; from forge + -ery, from Middle English forgen, via Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricārī (“to frame, construct, fabricate”), itself from fabrica (“workshop; construction”), from faber (“workman, smith”).

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Forms

plural: forgeries
Singularforgery
Pluralforgeries

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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