falsify
verb
fal·si·fy
ˈfȯl-sə-ˌfī 
falsified; falsifying
2
: to make false: such as
a
: to make false by mutilation or addition
the accounts were falsified to conceal a theft
b
: to represent falsely : misrepresent
3
: to prove unsound by experience
: to tell lies : lie
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Examples of falsify in a Sentence
He was caught falsifying financial accounts.
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
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Andrew Torgan, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
What To Know After a weeks-long trial last year, a New York jury in May found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The norm-smashing case saw the former and incoming president charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, put on trial for almost two months and convicted by a jury on every count.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
He was sentenced for falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election.
27:12
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday in New York following his conviction last year for falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Torgan, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
What To Know After a weeks-long trial last year, a New York jury in May found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The norm-smashing case saw the former and incoming president charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, put on trial for almost two months and convicted by a jury on every count.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
He was sentenced for falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election.
27:12
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday in New York following his conviction last year for falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falsify. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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falsify
verb
fal·si·fy
ˈfȯl-sə-ˌfī
falsified; falsifying
: to make false : change so as to deceive
falsify financial accounts
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falsify
transitive verb
fal·si·fy
ˈfȯl-si-ˌfī
falsified; falsifying
: to make false: as
a
: to make (as a document) false by mutilation, alteration, or addition
the motel clerk had falsified the records—M. A. Kelly
M. A. Kelly
b
: to report (as information) falsely
the informant falsified his testimony
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