forgery

for-ger-y · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The crime of making a fraudulent copy of something, especially a document, signature, or work of art.

  2. 2.

    A fraudulent copy or imitation of something.

Forms

plural: forgeries

Related words

Antonyms: authentic, original
See also: counterfeit, forge, fraud
Synonyms: counterfeit, fake, falsification

Etymology

From Old French forge + -ery (suffix indicating an action or practice). The word developed in the 14th century from the sense of "forging" (creating) false documents or objects, extending the metalworking meaning of forge to the creation of fraudulent items.