falsify
has definitions from the field of writing
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[ verb ] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)The two major newspapers in Providence continued , throughout the crisis , to accuse each other of misrepresenting the facts and attempting to falsify history . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)It is so easy to falsify sentiment . Related terms misrepresent mangle deflection falsehood distortion falsifier distortion misrepresentaation |
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[ verb ] falsify knowingly
Examples "She falsified the records" Related terms |
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[ verb ] fake or falsify
Synonyms Examples "Fudge the figures" "cook the books" "falsify the data" |
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[ verb ] (writing) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
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