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• forgery — for‧ge‧ry [ˈfɔːdʒəri ǁ ˈfɔːr ] noun forgeries PLURALFORM 1. [countable] LAW a document, piece of money, or signature that has been copied illegally: • It turned out that the will was a forgery. 2 …   Financial and business terms

• forgery — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)ʤəri[/t]] forgeries 1) N UNCOUNT Forgery is the crime of forging money, documents, or paintings. He was found guilty of forgery. 2) N COUNT You can refer to a forged document, banknote, or painting as a forgery. The letter was a… …   English dictionary

• forgery — noun 1) guilty of forgery Syn: counterfeiting, falsification, faking, copying, pirating 2) the painting was a forgery Syn: fake, counterfeit, fraud, sham, imitation, replica, copy …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Forgery, Forger — • The deliberate untruthfulness of an assertion, or in the deceitful presentation of an object, and is based on an intention to deceive and to injure while using the externals of honesty Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Forgery, Forger… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• FORGERY — of documents is not, either in biblical or in talmudic law, a criminal offense: it may be an instrument for the perpetration of fraud and come within the general prohibition of fraudulent acts (Lev. 19:35; Deut. 25:13–16) or fraudulent words (Lev …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Forgery — is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents (see false document), with the intent to deceive. The similar crime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another, including through the use of objects obtained… …   Wikipedia

• forgery — /fawr jeuh ree, fohr /, n., pl. forgeries. 1. the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person s name to any such writing… …   Universalium

• forgery — The false making or the material altering of a document with the intent to defraud. A signature of a person that is made without the person s consent and without the person otherwise authorizing it. A person is guilty of forgery if, with purpose… …   Black's law dictionary

• forgery — The false making or the material altering of a document with the intent to defraud. A signature of a person that is made without the person s consent and without the person otherwise authorizing it. A person is guilty of forgery if, with purpose… …   Black's law dictionary

• forgery — for|ge|ry [ˈfo:dʒəri US ˈfo:r ] n plural forgeries 1.) a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been copied illegally = ↑fake ▪ The painting was a very clever forgery. 2.) [U] the crime of copying official documents, money etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• forgery — noun 1 (C) a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been forged: The painting was actually a very clever forgery. 2 (U) the crime of forging official documents, money etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English