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falsify

[fawl-suh-fahy] / ˈfɔl sə faɪ /


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Candidates or senators who willingly falsify financial disclosures can be fined up to $50,000 or prosecuted for making a false statement to the government, a felony.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

At the same time, technology like artificial intelligence makes it easier to falsify submissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Why would that be the case that someone who got a gift card is more likely to falsify than someone who thinks I’m going to get $6,000 at the end of this?” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The policies are often completely bogus, are invalid because they falsify information to bring the price down, or are cancelled soon after purchase.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

I know that Walter is the man who oversees the theater, who helps falsify papers for the children in the crèche.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

If someone intentionally falsifies their disclosure reports, they can face criminal penalties — a warning printed below the signature line of the reports themselves.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

It falsifies not just Black history but American history.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023

Treasury has said that anyone who falsifies documentation or otherwise hides the true origin or price of Russian oil would face consequences under the domestic law of jurisdictions implementing the price cap.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2022

Veteran rancher John Landsburg faces federal bureaucracy when his old enemy, Tap Peterson, falsifies documents and alleges that Landsburg doesn’t own his family ranch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2020

It will be found that when our memory falsifies the date of an event, the error arises much in the same way as a visual miscalculation of distance.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully

In addition to the documents which Deloitte helped to backdate, Abramovich's advisers at MeritServus falsified a third set of records.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

In 2024, two further reports highlighted observations being missed then records falsified to suggest patients had been checked.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The woman alleged that the deputy falsified a break-in report just to visit her home, and he later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges, according to a civil lawsuit and court records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The case against James, which has since been dismissed, centered on an allegedly falsified mortgage application.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

These include failing to carry out "timely and thorough observations" of patients, then falsifying records "in the safe knowledge that staff on duty would not report or escalate the deception".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Last fall resulted in lots of controversy as numerous players were declared ineligible for falsifying paperwork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

So far, the head of the institute has said the only reasons to strip fellows of their titles is if they’ve conducted scientific misconduct, things like falsifying data, Twelvetrees said.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

Tactics include changing vessel names and falsifying coordinates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

It consisted in falsifying a series of production reports of two years ago in such a way as to cast discredit on a prominent member of the Inner Party who was now under a cloud.

From "1984" by George Orwell


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