Those supposed photos of a UFO were finally debunked as an elaborate forgery.
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Forgery
//ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ//
Synonyms for "forgery" (94 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- smedery noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
- vervalsing noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- vervalsing noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Bulgarian
3 entries- коване noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
- фалшификат noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- фалшификация noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Catalan
3 entries- falsificació noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- falsificació noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- forja noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 偽造 /伪造 noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- 贗品 /赝品 noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Czech
3 entries- padělek noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- padělání noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- podvrh noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Danish
4 entries- falskneri noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- falskneri noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- forfalskning noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- forfalskning noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Dutch
4 entries- bedrog noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- namaak noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- namaak noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- smeden noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
Finnish
3 entries- taonta noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
- väärennös noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- väärentäminen noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
French
1 entries- forgeage noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
German
4 entries- Falsifikat noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- Fälschen noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- Fälschung noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- Fälschung noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Greek
2 entries- πλαστογράφηση noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- πλαστογραφία noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Hungarian
2 entries- hamisítvány noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- hamisítás noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Indonesian
1 entries- pemalsuan noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Italian
1 entries- falsificazione noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Japanese
1 entries- 偽物 noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Korean
1 entries- 위조 noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Latin
1 entries- falsificatio noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Malay
1 entries- pemalsuan noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- falskneri noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- falskneri noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- forfalsking noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- forfalsking noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- falskneri noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- falskneri noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- forfalsking noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- forfalsking noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Polish
4 entries- falsyfikat noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- fałszowanie noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- kucie noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
- podrabianie noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Portuguese
4 entries- falsificação noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- forjadura noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
- forjadura noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- forjamento noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
Russian
4 entries- ко́вка noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
- ли́па noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- подде́лка noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- подде́лка noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- krivotvorina noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- krivotvoriti noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- skovati noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
Spanish
3 entries- falsificación noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
- falsificación noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- forjadura noun (the act of forging metal into shape)
Swedish
2 entries- falsifikat noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
- förfalskning noun (that which is forged or counterfeited)
Turkish
1 entries- sahtecilik noun (the act of forging, fabricating or producing falsely)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Eighteenth century, unless it's a forgery.
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He showed the forgery to my friends.
Source: tatoeba (1164825)
The forgery of letters has been such a common practice in the world, that the probability is at least equal, whether they are genuine or forged.
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