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Noun: falsifying 'fol-su,fI-ing [N. Amer], 'fól-si,fI-ing or 'fol-su,fI-ing [Brit]- The act of determining that something is false
- falsification, disproof, refutation, refutal Verb: falsify 'fol-su,fI [N. Amer], 'fól-si,fI or 'fol-su,fI [Brit]- Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
"They planned to falsify the message"; - distort, garble, warp - Tamper, with the purpose of deception
"falsify the data"; - fudge, manipulate, fake, cook [informal], wangle [informal], misrepresent, spoof [informal] - Prove false
"Falsify a claim" - Falsify knowingly
"She falsified the records" - Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- interpolate, alter
Type of: belie, change by reversal, cheat, chisel [informal], confute, determination, disprove, edit, finding, misrepresent, redact, reverse, turn Antonym: correct Encyclopedia: Falsifying Falsify |