Definition of Forgeries. Meaning of Forgeries. Synonyms of Forgeries

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Definition of Forgeries

Forgeries
Forgery For"ger*y, n.; pl. Forgeries. [Cf. F. forgerie.] 1. The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.] Useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear. --Milton. 2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., 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; as, the forgery of a bond. --Bouvier. 3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited. These are the forgeries of jealously. --Shak. The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a forgery of the second century. --Waterland. Syn: Counterfeit; Forgery. Usage: Counterfeit is chiefly used of imitations of coin, or of paper money, or of securities depending upon pictorial devices and engraved designs for identity or assurance of genuineness. Forgery is more properly applied to making a false imitation of an instrument depending on signatures to show genuineness and validity. --Abbott.

Meaning of Forgeries from wikipedia

- studio replicas, and reproductions are not considered forgeries, though they may later become forgeries through knowing and willful misrepresentations. Forging...
- friends. Literary forgery was promoted as a creative method by Charles Nodier and, in the 19th century, many writers produced literary forgeries under his influence...
- canv****es for his Vermeer forgeries and created his own pigments to ensure that they were authentic. He confessed to creating the forgeries only after he was...
- Signature forgery refers to the act of falsely replicating another person's signature. Several different methods can be used to forge signatures. One...
- The Tremor of Forgery (1969) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. It was the thirteenth of her 22 novels. American writer Howard Ingham...
- up four apocryphal writings called the 'Symmachian Forgeries'. [...] The object of these forgeries was to produce alleged instances from earlier times...
- Historical forgery may refer to: Archaeological forgery, the creation of false artifacts Literary forgery, in the context of the creation of false or misattributed...
- of his forgeries were accepted by scholars for years, and an unknown number of them may still be in circulation. But it is Hofmann's forgeries of Mormon...
- cross-site request forgery hole". SC Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-11. William Zeller; Edward W. Felten (October 2008). "Cross-Site Request Forgeries: Exploitation...
- paleontological forgeries like the archaeoraptor or the Piltdown Man skull. Most archaeological forgeries are made for reasons similar to art forgeries – for financial...