fake diploma
Bogus academic certificate
A fake diploma is a fraudulent document designed to look like an authentic academic credential.
People purchase them to misrepresent their qualifications on resumes or to satisfy employers who don't verify credentials carefully.
Fake diploma mills sell certificates from nonexistent institutions, while others counterfeit diplomas from real universities: He hung a fake diploma on his office wall.
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- certificateFormal written attestation
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- millGrain-crushing facility
for-profit college · degree · phony · credentials · scam · transcript · seal · embossed · verification · red flag · paper trail · too good to be true · accreditation · university · parchment · purchased · illegitimate · bogus
- forgeriesforged passport, forged signature, forged check, counterfeit, forged letters
- fakescounterfeit, counterfeits, imitation, imitations, replica
- con propscounterfeit money, counterfeit bills, forged documents, marked cards, loaded dice
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fraud, cheat
- false identitiesassumed identity, alias, false name, assumed name, pseudonym
- impostureimpostor, impersonation, false pretenses, imposture, pretender