Forgery1. (n.) The act of counterfeiting, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.
2. (n.) The act of forging metal into shape.
3. (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.
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