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Forgery   /fˈɔrdʒəri/   Listen
Forgery

noun
(pl. forgeries)
1.
A copy that is represented as the original.  Synonym: counterfeit.
2.
Criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud.






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"Forgery" Quotes from Famous Books



... said the detective regretfully. "As it is, it's of no use as evidence in a court, for it only rests on my word. I keep pegging away at it, but I'm not certain that I can fill it out as it should be. But you never know your luck in our trade. I remember a case of forgery once. The counterfoil of a tradesman's paying-in book showed L100 with which he was not credited in the books of the bank. The cashier was confident that his initials in blue pencil on the counterfoil ...
— The Grell Mystery • Frank Froest

... Mr. Vane, in agony. "Oh, say this is not true! Oh, say that letter is a forgery! Say, at least, it was by some treachery you were lured to this den ...
— Peg Woffington • Charles Reade

... Douglas had cornered Lincoln by his adroit use of the Springfield resolutions of 1854. Within a week, however, an editorial in the Chicago Press and Tribune reversed the popular verdict, by pronouncing the resolutions a forgery. The Republicans were jubilant. "The Little Dodger" had cornered himself. The Democrats were chagrined. Douglas was thoroughly nonplussed. He had written to Lanphier for precise information regarding these resolutions, and he had placed implicit ...
— Stephen A. Douglas - A Study in American Politics • Allen Johnson

... on the look-out for him for more than a year," said Inspector Wensdale. "The New York police are rather interested in him about a forgery stunt that took place there some ...
— Malcolm Sage, Detective • Herbert George Jenkins

... fellow by sight," said Cleary. "They say he's served several terms for forgery and counterfeiting. I don't like his looks. That's a great scheme tho, if it does seem a little like bunco-steering. It's all right ...
— Captain Jinks, Hero • Ernest Crosby


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