falsifying
- noun
- /ˈfɔlsɪˌfaɪɪŋ/
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falsificación
- He got only one year in prison, a sentence for prison for, for signing a, for falsifying a signature.
But it wound up being a trial about falsifying business records in state court.
- But it wound up being a trial about falsifying business records in state court.
- And it's the same pattern dumping oil, falsifying record books and lying to the Coast Guard and encouraging others to lie to us as well.
Examples
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But it wound up being a trial about falsifying business records in state court.
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In an incredible turn of events, District Attorney Mark Hunter was arrested and charged with the falsifying of evidence in the murder trial of Andre Benson causing a mistrial in that case and 17 others, including the trial of Channel 8 reporter CJ Nicholas.
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But it wound up being a trial about falsifying business records in state court.
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With the myths taken literally, we are falsifying the past.
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What's going on is the reshaping and the falsifying of history.
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And it's the same pattern dumping oil, falsifying record books and lying to the Coast Guard and encouraging others to lie to us as well.
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He said, well, the person was falsifying training rosters.
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Unfortunately, along with this new wellspring of resources has emerged the growth of websites designed to facilitate cheating, falsifying, and copying of term papers and other important assignments.
Academic text (2003) -
A 2000 report by the United Nations found that in Guatemala, a leading supplier of infants worldwide, "in the majority of cases, international adoption involves a variety of criminal offenses, including the buying and selling of children, the falsifying of documents, the kidnapping of children, and the housing of (these) babies awaiting private adoption."
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The company was accused of falsifying financial records to mislead investors.
Synonyms
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2.1
Telling something that is not true on purpose
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3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
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5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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6.5
A false story made to trick people
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7.5
A statement that gives false information about something
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6.8
A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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To make a document or record false on purpose by changing its information
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5.3
Giving wrong information in official papers or records
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word falsifying comes from the simple word false ('not true') plus the ending -ify ('make'), so it means 'to make false'. So, falsifying is the act of making or showing information 'not true', for example changing documents or results to hide the truth.