forgery
/ˈfɔːɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɪ/ noun C1- The act of forging metal into shape. · the forgery of horseshoes
- The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud. · the forgery of a bond
- That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
Plural forgeries
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Is it forgery, coining, burglary—where does the money come from?”
He got himself into a fog recently over a forgery case, and that was what brought him here.”
Again and again in cases of the most varying sorts—forgery cases, robberies, murders—I have felt the presence of this force, and I have deduced its action in many of those undiscovered crimes in which I have not been personally consulted.
“Put the pearl in the safe, Watson,” said he, “and get out the papers of the Conk-Singleton forgery case.
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