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Falsification

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Broader term 8

actus reus 76% connected

The act or omission that forms the physical part of a crime.

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Dishonesty 76% connected

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Finding 76% connected

of Find

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Knavery 76% connected

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

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Misconduct 76% connected

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Wrongdoing 76% connected

Evil or wicked behavior or action.

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Narrower term 17

Confutation 76% connected

The act or process of confuting; refutation.

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Deceit 76% connected

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Dissembling 76% connected

of Dissemble

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Dissimulation 76% connected

The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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Distortion 76% connected

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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Equivocation 76% connected

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

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Fabrication 76% connected

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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Forgery 76% connected

The act of forging metal into shape.

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Lying 76% connected

of Lie

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Prevarication 76% connected

The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

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Sophistication 76% connected

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

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Straining 76% connected

of Strain

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Tergiversation 76% connected

The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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Torture 76% connected

Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.

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Twisting 76% connected

of Twist

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Derivationally related 8

Alter 74% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Alter 74% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Distort 74% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Distort 74% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Fake 74% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Fake 74% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Falsify 74% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Falsify 74% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Synonym 6

Disproof 92% connected

A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.

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Falsehood 92% connected

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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Falsifying 92% connected

of Falsify

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Misrepresentation 92% connected

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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Refutal 92% connected

Act of refuting; refutation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Refutation 92% connected

The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, t…

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