forgeryfor‧ge‧ry /ˈfɔːdʒəri $ ˈfɔːr-/ noun (plural forgeries) 
Examples
The painting was a very clever forgery.2[uncountable] the crime of copying official documents, money etc
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Thesaurus- An art dealer insisted that the portrait is a forgery.
- Further investigation showed that the so-called "Hitler Diaries" were a forgery.
- Special marks on the paper are intended to deter forgery.
- The painting, believed to be by Renoir, turned out to be a very clever forgery.
- Three paintings now thought to be forgeries are included in the show
- A deputy prime minister, Yulia Timoshenko, is facing criminal charges for tax fraud, smuggling and forgery.
- But they were such damned good forgeries, Tom knew.
- Each forgery had to be faultless, and each took time.
- Many Zapotec pottery vessels, however, have long been suspected of being forgeries.
- Richards acknowledged that some forgery techniques are virtually impossible to detect.
- The forgery scare had blown over, actually.
- Those arrested Wednesday face criminal charges of forgery and falsifying business records, both of which carry possible jail sentences.
Longman Language Activatora copy of something that is intended to deceive people► forgery
1[countable] a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been copied illegally SYN fake: an illegal copy of something official such as a bank note, legal documentation or work of art : · Three paintings now thought to be forgeries are included in the show· Further investigation showed that the so-called "Hitler Diaries" were a forgery.
► fake made to look like the product of a particular company or the work of a particular artist in order to trick people in to buying them: · They were selling fake Rolex watches on the street.· His I.D. is obviously fake.
► counterfeit counterfeit money looks exactly like real money but has been produced illegally: · Police have warned stores to look out for counterfeit $50 bills.
► pirate British /pirated especially American: pirate copies/videos/CDs copies of books, records, films etc that have been made illegally and are sold without the permission of the people who originally produced them: · The government has closed a factory that was producing pirate CDs.· It's pretty easy to get pirated copies of the software.
an object that is made to look real for dishonest purposes► fake a copy of a valuable object or painting that is intended to make people think it is real: · Is the vase a genuine antique or a fake?
► forgery a copy of a document, painting, or banknote that is made to look real for dishonest purposes: · The painting, believed to be by Renoir, turned out to be a very clever forgery.
► dummy a dummy object is one that is made to look like the real object but cannot be used: · dummy rifles· Semionov threatened the pilot with a dummy hand grenade and forced him to land the plane.
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The painting was a very clever forgery.2[uncountable] the crime of copying official documents, money etc