Definition of FORGERY

forgery

Meanings

Plural: forgeries

Noun

  • a copy that is represented as the original
  • criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
  • The act of forging metal into shape.
  • 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.
  • That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
  • An invention, creation.

Origin / Etymology

Recorded since 1574; from the verb to forge, from Middle English forgen, via Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricari (“to frame, construct, fabricate”), itself from fabrica (“workshop; construction”), from faber (“workman, smith”).

Synonyms

counterfeit, fake

Scrabble Score: 14

forgery is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
forgery is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forgery is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

forgery is a valid Words With Friends word