falsify has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ verb ] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Synonyms

distort warp garble

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 .

2
[ verb ] falsify knowingly

Examples

"She falsified the records"

3
[ verb ] prove false

Examples

"Falsify a claim"

Related terms

disprove disproof

4
[ verb ] fake or falsify

Examples

"Fudge the figures" "cook the books" "falsify the data"

5
[ verb ] (writing) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

Synonyms

alter interpolate

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