falsified

adjective

fal·​si·​fied ˈfȯl-sə-ˌfīd How to pronounce falsified (audio)
: made false : falsely created or altered in order to deceive
falsified passports
a falsified report of the incident

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Officials concluded documents for some 19 workers were fake or falsified and that some of those people had been previously removed from the country. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025 The sisters, who worked for a Pensacola business, used the cards for personal expenses and falsified documents to cover their tracks, according to prosecutors. Miami Herald, 31 May 2025 Troubled Factories: The medications came mostly from plants in India where inspectors found contaminated drugs, filthy labs and falsified records. Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 17 June 2025 Marya Lieberman, an analytical chemist at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in the detection of substandard and falsified pharmaceuticals, said regulators face a daunting task to remove these illicit sites. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for falsified

Word History

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of falsified was in 1528

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“Falsified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falsified. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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