forgery

Process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the intent to deceive

EntityWikibase reason for deprecated rank type of crime elements of an offenceQ1332286

Also known as falsification

Instance of: Wikibase reason for deprecated rank
, type of crime
, elements of an offence
Subclass of: deception
, misconduct

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Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally consists of the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud. Tampering with a certain legal instrument may be forbidden by law in some jurisdictions but such an offense is not related to forgery unless the tampered legal instrument was actually used in the course of the crime to defraud another person or entity. Copies, studio replicas, and reproductions are not considered forgeries, though they may later become forgeries through knowing and willful misrepresentations.

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45 statements · 11% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Said to be the same as: counterfeiting
Partially coincident with: falso country: Italy
Wikimedia outline: outline of forgery
Main Wikidata property: forgery after
Does not have effect: authenticity
Participant: counterfeiter
Different from: Falsification
Uses: copying nature of statement: often
modification nature of statement: often

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29 identifiers linking forgery across the web's reference databases

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