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The team was focused not only on thefts, from homes, galleries or archeological sites, but also forgery and trafficking rings.—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025 On April Fool’s Day, that’s the question that Britain’s most prolific art forger, John Myatt, will discuss, reports the Times of London .—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025 Police also found various works still in the process of being made on the forger’s table bearing the signatures of different artists – leading them to believe that the suspect had created them recently.—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025 Authorities have not revealed the identity of the forger or that of any accomplices.—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forger
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Etymology
Middle English forgere, forgeoure, borrowed from Anglo-French forgeur, forger, from forger "to forge entry 2" + -eur, -er-er entry 2
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