| Main Entry: |
forgery |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
counterfeiting; counterfeit item |
Synonyms: |
bogus*, carbon copy, carbon,
cheat, coining, copy,
fabrication,
fake, faking, falsification, fraudulence, imitating, imitation, imposition, imposture, lookalike, phony, pseudo, sham*,
twin, workalike
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| Notes: |
a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better, older, or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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