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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawr-juh-ree, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr dʒə ri, ˈfoʊr-



Definition of forgery

Origin :
  • 1570s, "a thing made fraudulently," from forge (n.) + -ery. Meaning "act of counterfeiting" is 1590s.
  • noun counterfeiting; counterfeit item
Example sentences :
  • I was arrested for forgery, tried, found guilty, and transported for life.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • He had heard the story of the forgery hinted at, but he had never heard its details.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • It never occurred to me then that it might have been intended to look like a forgery.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The excellence of the forgery may be fairly adduced as an argument that it is not a forgery at all.
  • Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato
  • Why, that must be the secretary who was suspected of forgery at the Embassy in London, and got dismissed.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The Queen's signature on the note in the Cardinal's possession is a forgery.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A cardinal and a queen implicated in a forgery and a swindle!
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The note may be a forgery, the letter may be a forgery; that we shall soon know.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • Not for shop-lifting or forgery––but how about receiving stolen goods?
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • Surely you wouldn't show that forgery you've made up to Mrs. Gosnold?
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

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