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falsify

[fawl-suh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

falsified, falsifying 
  1. to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.

    to falsify income-tax reports.

  2. to alter fraudulently.

  3. to represent falsely.

    He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.

  4. to show or prove to be false; disprove.

    to falsify a theory.

    Synonyms: , , , ,


verb (used without object)

falsified, falsifying 
  1. to make false statements.

falsify

/ ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ, ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

verb

  1. to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive

  2. to prove false; disprove

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • falsifiable adjective
  • falsification noun
  • falsifier noun
  • unfalsified adjective
  • ˈڲˌھ noun
  • ˈڲˌھ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of falsify1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English falsifien, from Middle French falsifier, from Late Latin ڲھ; false, -ify
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of falsify1

C15: from Old French falsifier , from Late Latin ڲھ , from Latin falsus false + facere to make
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Magistrate Judge Margo A. Rocconi authorized search warrants Thursday for four business locations “suspected of unlawfully employing illegal aliens and falsifying employment records related to the status of its employees.”

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“He would be executed by the state or he would be found with a falsified suicide note and two gunshots in the back of his head.”

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The couple was found to have duped banks into granting them millions of dollars in loans via the use of falsified bank statements and outright lies.

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The report also stated that adoption agencies deliberately falsified information in adoption records to cut corners and quickly meet the demand for children.

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They are preparing to falsify data and cook the books in order to sell their schemes to the American people.

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