falsify

Verb

Verb Forms: falsified, falsifying, falsifies

To alter or misrepresent something to deceive.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
tamper, with the purpose of deception
- "falsify the data"
prove false
- "Falsify a claim"
falsify knowingly
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
To misrepresent.
To counterfeit; to forge.
To prove to be false.
To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
To baffle or escape.
To violate; to break by falsehood.

Examples

to falsify a record or document
to falsify money
to falsify one's faith or word
You can’t falsify the dictionary entry just because your word isn’t valid in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false + -ify.

Synonyms

alter, cook, distort, fake, fudge, garble, interpolate, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle, warp

Antonyms

correct

Scrabble Score: 16

falsify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
falsify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
falsify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

falsify: valid Words With Friends Word