Examples of forgery in a Sentence
that is a cheap forgery, not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase
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In Pennsylvania, Mangione is charged with five counts: forgery, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of a crime and presenting false identification to law enforcement.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Rickey Juarez, 64, Chicago, was arrested Jan. 18 and accused of forgery after attempting to withdraw $1,000 Jan. 18 from an out-of-state resident’s account at Tech Credit Union, 11051 79th St., with a fake driver’s license, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Noble also sued the property’s actual owner, claiming that the man’s deed was a forgery.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
The report blamed an officer who was not present, and the signature was deemed a forgery.
Padro, who sprayed Talbot all four times and kicked him once in the torso, was immediately suspended and retired eight days later with an annual pension that paid him $103,490 last year.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Rickey Juarez, 64, Chicago, was arrested Jan. 18 and accused of forgery after attempting to withdraw $1,000 Jan. 18 from an out-of-state resident’s account at Tech Credit Union, 11051 79th St., with a fake driver’s license, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Noble also sued the property’s actual owner, claiming that the man’s deed was a forgery.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
The report blamed an officer who was not present, and the signature was deemed a forgery.
Padro, who sprayed Talbot all four times and kicked him once in the torso, was immediately suspended and retired eight days later with an annual pension that paid him $103,490 last year.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Forgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgery. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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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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