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Forgery

Definition

(legal/formal) The criminal act of creating a false document, signature, work of art, or other object with the intent to deceive or defraud; also, the counterfeit item itself. Distinguished from mere imitation by the element of fraudulent intent. Collocates with: art forgery, document forgery, commit forgery, detect a forgery.

Example Sentences

1The painting was initially hailed as a lost Caravaggio, but infrared analysis revealed it to be a sophisticated forgery.
2Is it possible to commit forgery without any intention to profit financially, and does the law recognise such a distinction?
3The court did not accept the defendant's claim that he had merely produced a replica, ruling that the work constituted a deliberate forgery.
4Examine the provenance of any manuscript with extreme scepticism; the archives are rife with undetected forgeries.
5There is a long and fascinating history of literary forgery, from the Ossianic poems to the Hitler diaries, each scandal reshaping our understanding of authenticity.

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