forgery

Etymology
Recorded since 1574; from the verb to, from , via , from , from , itself from , from.

Noun

 * 1) The act of forging metal into shape.
 * 2) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.
 * 3) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
 * 4)  An invention, creation.
 * 1) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
 * 2)  An invention, creation.
 * 1)  An invention, creation.

Usage notes
The non-fraudulent meaning "metalworking" is more usually expressed with the noun, or with other words such as , , etc.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: smedery
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
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 * Portuguese: forjamento, forjadura
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: forjadura


 * Afrikaans:
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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: padělání
 * Danish: falskneri, forfalskning
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Fälschen,
 * Greek:
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 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: falsificatio
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: falskneri, forfalskning, forfalsking
 * Nynorsk: falskneri, forfalsking
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: forjamento, forjadura
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Afrikaans:
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 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, podvrh
 * Danish: falskneri, forfalskning
 * Dutch: ,
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 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: falskneri, forfalskning, forfalsking
 * Nynorsk: falskneri, forfalsking
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
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 * French:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:, ,
 * Norman: