forgery

Everyday

1. A forgery is a copy of something such as a painting, a banknote, a document or a signature, made to trick people into thinking it is real. tree →
2. (law) Forgery is the crime of making such false copies. tree →

In the lessons

In stories and news about art, money and crime; detectives find out that a painting is a forgery. In school, copying a parent's signature on a note is forgery and is dishonest. Phrases: «a clever forgery», «guilty of forgery», «the painting is a forgery».

Examples

• The museum found out that the painting was a forgery. tree →
• Forging a signature is forgery, which is a crime. tree →
• Banknotes have special marks to stop forgery. tree →
• He was sent to prison for forgery. tree →
• The detective spotted the forgery because the ink was too new. tree →
• Signing your mum's name on a school note is forgery, even if it seems small. tree →

Note

Plural «forgeries». Verb «forge» (also means to shape hot metal); person «forger». A «fake» is a looser everyday word. Not the same as «counterfeit», which is used especially for money and goods.

In Jewish tradition

In stories and news about art, money and crime; detectives find out that a painting is a forgery. In school, copying a parent's signature on a note is forgery and is dishonest. Phrases: «a clever forgery», «guilty of forgery», «the painting is a forgery».

Examples

• The entire Greek account of Pythagoras and his philosophy is unreliable and most likely is a forgery. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Burnet, Early Greek Pliitosopliy, page 99) that "all that has come down to us under the names of various disciples of Pythagoras is pure forgery, of the most worthless kind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Plural «forgeries». Verb «forge» (also means to shape hot metal); person «forger». A «fake» is a looser everyday word. Not the same as «counterfeit», which is used especially for money and goods.