Antonyms for forgery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-juh-ree, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr dʒə ri, ˈfoʊr- |
Definition of forgery
Origin :- 1570s, "a thing made fraudulently," from forge (n.) + -ery. Meaning "act of counterfeiting" is 1590s.
- noun counterfeiting; counterfeit item
- I was arrested for forgery, tried, found guilty, and transported for life.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- He had heard the story of the forgery hinted at, but he had never heard its details.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- It never occurred to me then that it might have been intended to look like a forgery.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- The excellence of the forgery may be fairly adduced as an argument that it is not a forgery at all.
- Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato
- Why, that must be the secretary who was suspected of forgery at the Embassy in London, and got dismissed.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- The Queen's signature on the note in the Cardinal's possession is a forgery.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- A cardinal and a queen implicated in a forgery and a swindle!
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- The note may be a forgery, the letter may be a forgery; that we shall soon know.
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- Not for shop-lifting or forgery––but how about receiving stolen goods?
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- Surely you wouldn't show that forgery you've made up to Mrs. Gosnold?
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
Synonyms for forgery
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