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forgery

[fawr-juh-ree, fohr-] / ˈfɔr dʒə ri, ˈfoʊr- /


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"The forgery does not have to look convincing on its own. It inherits the credibility of the map it was born on," van Ess added.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Prosecutors targeted six individuals with charges focused on document forgery and breach of trust, The Wall Street Journal reported External link.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

The Mormon Will, however, received the most thorough scrutiny, enduring a seven-month jury trial and dueling testimonies by forensic experts until it was eventually declared a forgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

He specialized in identifying and investigating sophisticated white collar crimes ranging from art forgery and insider trading to transnational fraud organizations and crimes involving crypto currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

In it were pistols, ammunition, forgery materials, my notebook, and the Führer’s most beloved treasure, the amber swan.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Bardella, 31, tipped to be prime minister if Le Pen becomes France's president, wrote on X he "formally" rejected the allegations which he described as "crude forgeries", saying he would take legal action against Mediapart.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Frances Stonor Saunders’s “The Cultural Cold War” moves beyond outright falsehoods and forgeries to reveal how the Central Intelligence Agency secretly supported a wide-ranging collection of artists and intellectuals between 1947 and 1967.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Others were forgeries created with the help of a Spanish graphic designer.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

Lazarus rose in the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department, becoming a detective in charge of art forgeries and thefts.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

Although de Sautuola was sure the paintings were prehistoric, skeptical archeologists pronounced them forgeries.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell




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