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The definition of forgery is the act of making a false signature, a copy of a painting or of other document.

(noun)

An example of forgery is faking your mother's signature on a note explaining your absence from school.
An example of forgery is a copied version of a Picasso that someone tries to pretend is real.

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See forgery in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. forgeries

the act or legal offense of imitating or counterfeiting documents, signatures, works of art, etc. to deceive
anything forged
Archaic invention

See forgery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. for·ger·ies

The act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit.
Something counterfeit, forged, or fraudulent.

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