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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

“The passage of Senate Bill 1159 is an important step to clarify the law and discourage the use of emerging technologies to falsify public records and mislead regulators in California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

While most applications are truthful, admissions officers nationwide say technology like AI has made it easier to falsify submissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that it was "intolerable" that the revision books for the French school leavers' exam, the baccalaureat, "falsify the facts" about the "terrorist and antisemitic attacks by Hamas".

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

And as proof I would falsify the attendance records by filling out membership cards with fictitious names—all unemployed, of course, so as to avoid any question of dues.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

“If a federal law enforcement officer lies, manipulates witnesses, and falsifies evidence, should the officer be liable for damages?” the U.S.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

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

If then one's own intelligence is confronted with truth, it either turns away from it or falsifies it.

From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by William F. Wunsch

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

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The strongest warnings were about poorly carried out observations and falsified records – basic care needed to keep patients safe.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Prosecutors said Alexander Soofer falsified invoices claiming he was serving fresh meals to residents while actually serving breakfast bars and microwavable ramen noodles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Some workers interviewed by the FBI said they falsified the forms to make themselves look more productive, but the documents don’t include evidence anyone was specifically paid to falsify applications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

But in the cases of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 the data necessitated the phenomenon, and the phenomenon falsified the established theory.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Gox, he was acquitted of embezzlement by a Japanese court but found guilty of falsifying data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

The prosecution argued that falsifying flight records was rampant across the industry and Wright was worried his involvement in this practice would be blamed for the crash.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

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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