Forgery

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 through forgery. Copies, studio replicas, and reproductions are not considered forgeries, though they may later become forgeries through knowing and willful misrepresentations. In the case of forging money or currency it is more often called counterfeiting. But consumer goods are also counterfeits when they are not manufactured or produced by designated manufacture or producer given on the label or flagged by the trademark symbol. When the object forged is a record or document it is often called a false document.
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An illegal modification or reproduction of an instrument, document, signature, or legal tender, or any other means of recording information. An item is also considered forged if it is claimed that it was made by someone who did not make it.
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Main Entry: forg·ery

Pronunciation: \ˈfȯrj-rē, ˈfȯr-jə-\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural forg·er·ies
Date: 1583
1 archaic : invention
2 : something forged
3 : an act of forging; especially : the crime of falsely and fraudulently making or altering a document (as a check)
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