forgery meaning
EN
[ˈfɔː.dʒər.ɪ] [ˈfɔːr.dʒər.ɪ] 
US WForgery
- Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the intent to deceive or earn profit by selling the forged item.
- This usage of "forgery" does not derive from metalwork done at a forge, but it has a parallel history. A sense of "to counterfeit" is already in the Anglo-French verb forger, meaning "falsify".
- A forgery is essentially concerned with a produced or altered object.
- The similar crime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another, including through the use of objects obtained through forgery. Forgery is one of the techniques of fraud, including identity theft.
- NounPLforgeriesPREfor-SUF-ery
- 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.
- (archaic) An invention, creation.
- The act of forging metal into shape.
Definition of forgery in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "forgery" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.