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to falsify

to falsify

44 7.3
To make documents or facts not true to deceive people
  • verb
  • /ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ/
  • Formal
translation icon : falsificar
  • Chibas 44 responded by accusing the Guatemalan government of falsifying documents to help Sanchez Arango.
  • falsify records
  • falsify documents
  • falsify information

And so I got caught with like, falsifying government documents.

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Examples

  • Make sure you have all the facts before confronting someone you suspect of falsifying information.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • So did you falsify a business record with intent?

  • Or did you falsify those numbers, too?

  • I just cannot believe a man would deliberately... falsify the records of a nuclear reactor.

  • And so I got caught with like, falsifying government documents.

  • What did the jury find Trump was trying to cover up with this falsified business record?

  • A background check revealed that his work history... ...and identity had been falsified.

  • The evidence has been falsified.

  • They arrested Sebastian and accused him of falsifying tax documents.

  • They arrested Sebastian and accused him of falsifying tax documents.

Synonyms

to fake
vsto falsify
195 4.2

To make or change something to trick people

focuses on changing information or documents as well as creating false items
to cook
vsto falsify
  • Informal
138 8.6

To change numbers or records to hide the truth

covers both numerical tampering and inventing nonnumeric evidence to deceive
to alter
vsto falsify
101 7.9

To change a text by adding words, often to make it false

is wider, including inventing whole documents or other kinds of evidence
to distort
vsto falsify
97 4.6

To change facts so they become false or misleading

adds that such changes may include inventing new false materials or records
to misrepresent
vsto falsify
71 6.9

Give a false story about someone or something to trick people

is more concrete, stressing changes to documents or physical evidence
to forge
vsto falsify
  • NSFW
66 7.1

To make a fake copy of a document or signature to deceive people

covers both making up information and altering real documents to deceive
to manufacture
vsto falsify
62 6.3

To invent a story, excuse or piece of evidence to deceive people

also applies to directly changing existing documents or records to deceive
to fabricate
vsto falsify
50 7.3

To make up false information to trick people

also includes changing existing documents or evidence to deceive
to concoct
vsto falsify
46 6.0

Make up a story or excuse to trick people

is broader, also involving direct alteration of documents or evidence
to warp
vsto falsify
30 7.4

To change facts or stories so they are not true

is stronger, including outright invention or tampering with documents to deceive
to fudge
vsto falsify
11 7.5

To change numbers or facts dishonestly to hide the truth

is more active, involving creating or altering materials to achieve deception
to doctor
vsto falsify
10 7.7

To change something to hide the truth

includes both tampering with records and inventing false evidence to deceive
to stretch the truth
vsto falsify
  • Informal
5 5.3

To make a story seem better than it really is

involves stronger deception, such as inventing or altering evidence to mislead
to fictionalize
vsto falsify
5 6.5

Tell real events or people as made-up stories by changing details

is aimed at deception through documents or evidence rather than fictional retelling
to misreport
vsto falsify
  • Literature
3 5.8

To give wrong information in a report, often by mistake

can also mean deliberate alteration or invention of documents and evidence
to bend the truth
vsto falsify
3 5.9

To say something that is not exactly what happened to make it look better

is harsher, covering full invention or document alteration to deliberately deceive
to fudge the details
vsto falsify
  • Informal
7.7

Change facts on purpose to make something seem better

also includes more serious acts like making up documents or full lies

Antonyms

Say what really happened without hiding facts or lying

483 1.0

To make something right by fixing a mistake

251 3.5

To make sure something is true or correct

How Fraudulent

to forge
  • NSFW
66 7.1
to fabricate
50 7.3
to falsify
  • Formal
44 7.3
to tamper
113 4.9

Surface Forms

falsify infinitive
falsified past
falsified past participle
falsifying present participle
falsifies third person singular

Morphology

falsify = false (transparent) = false + ify

Standard verb formation from 'false' with '-ify' meaning 'to make or render X', matching the sense 'to change or make up information to deceive'.

Etymology

Falsify joins false 'not true' with the ending -fy 'make'. So it literally means 'make false', which is why to falsify records is to change or make up information to deceive people.