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falsify
[ fawl-suh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive:
to falsify income-tax reports.
- to alter fraudulently.
- to represent falsely:
He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
- to show or prove to be false; disprove:
to falsify a theory.
Synonyms: controvert, confute, refute, discredit, rebut
verb (used without object)
- to make false statements.
falsify
/ ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ; ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /
verb
- to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
- to prove false; disprove
Derived Forms
- falsification, noun
- ˈfalsiˌfier, noun
- ˈfalsiˌfiable, adjective
Other Words From
- fal·si·fi·a·ble [fawl-s, uh, -, fahy, -, uh, -b, uh, l] adjective
- fal·si·fi·ca·tion [fawl-s, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- fal·si·fi·er noun
- un·fal·si·fied adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of falsify1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In May, she told Fox News a "tremendous amount of trust" was lost in the justice system after Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in his historic criminal trial.
In a 2021 investigation, the French drug safety agency had already reported that IHU staff had falsified an ethics document related to this work.
It believes some of the equipment listed wasn’t even made by the company and that customs documents may have been falsified.
Trump had been scheduled to be sentenced next week, on Nov. 26, for a conviction on 34 felony counts relating to falsified business records concerning hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
In May, Trump was convicted on 34 charges of falsifying business records, stemming from an attempt to cover up a potential sex scandal ahead of his first presidential victory in 2016.
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