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forgery

noun as in counterfeiting; counterfeit item

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But the true forgery—like the work of Han van Meegeren, the Dutch World War 2-era forger of Vermeer—is actually very rare.

In late June, John Re was arrested on charges of engaging in an eBay forgery scheme that earned him $1.9 million.

But Colette sees a more serious problem with forgery, beyond the distorting effect forgery has on the art market.

On the other hand, if the text is a forgery, then it is a better forgery than previously thought.

In some ways GJW is actually more interesting if it is a modern forgery.

But it was strongly rumoured that there had been foul play, peculation, even forgery.

The unauthorized writing out and sending of a telegram in another person's name is a forgery.

Once Harkaway is removed from your path, you may sleep in peace, for he alone can now punish you for forgery.

He had an uneasy feeling that the Indian's challenge was genuine enough, but he still hoped to have it pronounced a forgery.

Forgery is singularly easy in a land where the seal is the sole signature, and any seal-cutter can copy it from an impression.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forgery, such as: falsification, carbon, cheat, copy, fabrication, and fake.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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