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Definition of “falsification”
Word Frequency
falsification (ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃ ən)
Definitions
noun
- fraudulent alteration ⇒
The charges include racketeering, tax fraud, and falsification of records.
⇒the illegal falsification of accounts
- deceptive presentation ⇒
the falsification of evidence in court
⇒Some of those books engage in nearly incredible falsification of the facts about the experiments.
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = misrepresentation, distortion, tampering with, forgery, deceit, perversion, adulteration, dissimulation
falsify (ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ
)
Definitions
verb
-fies, -fying, -fied tr- to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
- to prove false; disprove
Derived Forms
ˈfalsiˌfiable adjectivefalsification (ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
) noun
) nounˈfalsiˌfier noun
Word Origin
C15: from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, from Latin falsusfalse + facere to makeExample Sentences Including 'falsification'
Charges under consideration include racketeering, tax fraud and falsification of records.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Exceptions to their expectations were discarded as anomalies, not the smoking gun of falsification.SPICE: The History of a Temptation (2004)
Moreover, this is the falsification of accounts per se; it may not have anything to do with money-laundering.Business Today (1998)
That falsification alone was enough to put him inside for an effective spell.The Innocents at Home (A Superintendent Kenworthy novel)
The Da Vinci Code is not a work of systematic historical falsification for sinister purposes, like Holocaust denial.Times, Sunday Times (2005)
The people have shown they are stronger than corruption and falsification.Mail and Guardian (2004)
``The polls themselves were marred by widespread falsification.The Australian (2004)
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