| 单词 | forgery |
| 释义 | forgery (once / 1569 pages) n If you painted a copy of the Mona Lisa and sold it to a museum, claiming it was the original, your painting could be called a forgery, and the crime you've committed is also forgery. Forgery is a legal word describing a white-collar crime that could involve faking a famous painting, making a false passport that claims you're the King of Swaziland, or copying your boss's signature onto a document. Both the crime of forgery and the sense of forge that means "to make" or "to sculpt" come from the Latin root word fabricare, or "fabricate." WORD FAMILYforgery: forgeries+/forge: forged, forger, forgery, forges, forging, reforge/forger: forgers/forging: forgings/reforge: reforged, reforges, reforging USAGE EXAMPLESHall was charged in 2013 with 10 felony forgery counts. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Two pleaded guilty to forgery and failing to report suspicious transactions. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) Next year Mr Yeo faces a fresh trial with a further seven charges including money laundering and forgery next year. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) 1n criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud Hyper falsehood, falsification the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act 2n a copy that is represented as the original Syn|Hyper counterfeit imitation something copied or derived from an original |
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