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falsify

[ fawl-suh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing.
  1. to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive:

    to falsify income-tax reports.

  2. to alter fraudulently.
  3. to represent falsely:

    He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.

  4. to show or prove to be false; disprove:

    to falsify a theory.

    Synonyms: controvert, confute, refute, discredit, rebut



verb (used without object)

, fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing.
  1. to make false statements.

falsify

/ ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ; ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

verb

  1. to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
  2. to prove false; disprove
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • falsification, noun
  • ˈfalsiˌfier, noun
  • ˈfalsiˌfiable, adjective
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of falsify1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English falsifien, from Middle French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre; false, -ify
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Word History and Origins

Origin of falsify1

C15: from Old French falsifier , from Late Latin falsificāre , from Latin falsus false + facere to make
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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.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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.

From Salon

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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