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forgery (s) (noun), forgeries (pl)
The crime of falsely copying something in order to deceive other people into thinking it is genuine: Jack committed forgery when he faked his mother’s signature on a written excuse which he compiled and gave to his teachers for being absent the previous day.
An illegal act of making false statements verbally or in writing in order to deceive others.
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