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forgery

for·gery

UK/ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/ US/ˈfɔːɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɪ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a copy that is represented as the original

Synonyms
2.

Origin

Recorded since 1574; from forge + -ery, from Middle English forgen, via Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricārī (“to frame, construct, fabricate”), itself from fabrica (“workshop; construction”), from faber (“workman, smith”). (fake): Compare typologically Russian кова́рный (kovárnyj), кова́рство (kovárstvo), ко́зни (kózni) (akin to кова́ть (kovátʹ), ку́зница (kúznica)).

Phrases

  • cross-site request forgery
  • philatelic forgery
  • postal forgery

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