🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

falsificazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: falsifikatˈtsjone

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forgery/ˈfɔːr.dʒər.i/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'esperto ha confermato che la firma era una falsificazione."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art with the intent to deceive.

    "The painting was declared a clever forgery rather than an authentic masterwork."
  2. 2

    A forged document, painting, or other item produced fraudulently.

    "He was arrested and charged with passing a high-quality forgery at the bank."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'forger' (to forge, smith, fabricate), originating from the Latin 'fabricare' (to manufacture or fashion). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from general metalworking and creation to the fraudulent imitation or counterfeiting of documents, currency, and art.

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