Examples of forgery in a Sentence
that is a cheap forgery, not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase
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Court records said Dintaman, 47, pleaded guilty last October to one count each of conspiracy to commit false pretenses over $100,000, uttering and publishing, forgery and using a computer to commit a crime.
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
He's also spent time in prison on multiple theft and forgery charges, according to previous IndyStar reporting.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
Steven Soderbergh’s art-forgery movie looks cool, as does Digger, the indecipherable Tom Cruise–Alejandro Iñárritu thing.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Patterson was located in upstate New York and extradited to Connecticut by Norwalk detectives on March 17 on charges of first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crime and second-degree forgery.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2026
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
He's also spent time in prison on multiple theft and forgery charges, according to previous IndyStar reporting.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
Steven Soderbergh’s art-forgery movie looks cool, as does Digger, the indecipherable Tom Cruise–Alejandro Iñárritu thing.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Patterson was located in upstate New York and extradited to Connecticut by Norwalk detectives on March 17 on charges of first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crime and second-degree forgery.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Forgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgery. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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forgery
noun
forg·ery
ˈfōrj-(ə-)rē 
ˈfȯrj-
plural forgeries
1
: something (as a signature) that has been forged
2
: the crime of falsely making or changing a written paper or signing someone else's name
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