forgery

/หˆfษ”หษน.dส’ษ™ษน.ษช/

IPA: /F AO1 R JH ER0 IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of forging metal into shape.

    โ€œthe forgery of horseshoesโ€

  2. 2

    The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

    โ€œthe forgery of a bondโ€

  3. 3

    That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

  4. 4

    An invention, creation.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forgery