forged documents
Fraudulent official papers
Forged documents are papers that have been fraudulently created or altered to deceive—fake passports, falsified contracts, counterfeit certificates.
The forgery may involve fabricating an entire document or tampering with a genuine one: changing dates, amounts, or signatures.
He was caught trying to cross the border with forged documents.
The phrase appears frequently in legal and immigration contexts.
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- social security cardDocument proving benefit eligibility
- bank statementPeriodic financial account summary
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
fraud · white collar crime · fines · alteration · check · espionage · embossed · hologram · diploma · digital editing · notary seal · deed · will · passport · travel documents · identity theft · fake · driver's license
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- art forgeryart fraud, counterfeit art, fake paintings, master forger, forger
- contrabandheroin, cocaine, narcotics, illegal drugs, illicit drugs