falsifications
Deliberate distortions made
Falsifications are acts of altering or misrepresenting something to deceive.
The word covers a range of deceptions: falsification of documents, falsification of data, falsification of records.
Scientists who manipulate experimental results commit falsifications.
The audit uncovered falsifications in the company's financial statements.
In philosophy of science, falsification is actually positive—the process of testing whether a theory can be proven wrong.
Deliberately untrue statement
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- shamFraudulent imitation
imposture · pretense · dissembling · charlatanry · quackery · masquerade · subterfuge · duplicity
A false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fibTrivial, harmless falsehood
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
prevarication · canard · disinformation · misinformation · distortion · perjury · misstatement · invention
Dishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
flimflam · grift · bilking · hustle · skulduggery · racketeering · securities fraud · insurance fraud
Depict inaccurately or falsely
- distortTwist from original form
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- tamperInterfere harmfully
- alterMake a modification
adulterate · rig · cook the books · fudge · spin · twist · skew · slant
Fraudulently created official papers
- fake certificatesFraudulent documentation of qualification
- forged manuscriptsFraudulent written documents
- forged signaturesFalsified written identifications
fabrication
Deliberately untrue statement
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
sham · imposture · pretense · dissembling · charlatanry · quackery · masquerade · subterfuge · duplicity · artifice
untruth
A false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fibTrivial, harmless falsehood
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
tall tale · prevarication · canard · disinformation · misinformation · distortion · perjury · misstatement · invention · exaggeration
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
phishing · flimflam · grift · bilking · hustle · skulduggery · racketeering · securities fraud · insurance fraud · identity theft
misrepresent
Depict inaccurately or falsely
alter · adulterate · rig · cook the books · fudge · spin · twist · skew · slant · cherry-pick
forged documents
Fraudulently created official papers
- fake certificatesFraudulent documentation of qualification
- forged manuscriptsFraudulent written documents
- forged signaturesFalsified written identifications
falsificationstruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · realities · verifications · verities · actualities
falsificationsoriginals
Authentic first versions
authentications · genuine articles · verifications · confirmations · validations