forgery

noun/ˈfɔrdʒəri/

Frequency rank: #10,721 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a fake document, artwork, or signature made to deceive others.

Illustration for the English word “forgery”

Example sentence

The museum discovered that the painting on display was a clever forgery, not an original masterpiece.

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