falsified

verb

Definition of falsifiednext
past tense of falsify
1
as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not

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2
as in refuted
to prove to be false telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night

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Recent Examples of falsified Justices found Yoon violated Cabinet members’ deliberation rights, falsified and destroyed the martial law proclamation, and used security forces to obstruct his arrest before lawmakers swiftly repealed the decree. — Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Yet under the Third Circuit’s rule, a taxpayer may remain vulnerable long after records have disappeared and witnesses are unavailable, if a preparer intentionally falsified a return. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The trucking company, which authorities say falsified the registration on the vehicle, also faces criminal charges, as two families attempt to rebuild their lives from what appear to be serious failures by the driver and company to operate safely. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Prosecutors allege Marizel Yukee, 49, who ran mobile wound clinics in four states, targeted elderly and hospice patients and falsified records to justify the procedures while billing for the unnecessary treatments. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 Since the book first appeared, small but persistent groups have claimed that Anne Frank was fictional and that her father falsified her writings for profit. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026 Trump administration officials said in a legal filing that Morens hid and falsified records to undermine debate about the origins of the virus that spurred the Covid-19 pandemic — and received kickbacks for doing so, including wine and offers of future meals at high-end restaurants. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026 The judge also raised concerns about the plaintiff’s evidence, finding that some materials — including sonogram images contained in personal journals — had been falsified. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Court records indicate authorities became aware of Jones’ falsified hours through a complaint by the library’s manager, who discovered discrepancies on a log sheet required to be filled out by deputies working there. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsified
  1. distorted
  2. refuted
  3. misrepresented
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  • In quiet spaces, cues on whether the ground is shaking are distorted by our expectations.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If an object comes nearby, the shape of the field is distorted, which can be measured.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
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  • The museum also refuted claims of adverse working conditions.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Players from that 1951 side have strongly refuted the story, while the priest at its centre has never been identified.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of refuted
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  • Polymarket allegations The probe comes after a June investigation by the Wall Street Journal uncovered that Polymarket paid online content creators to post videos that misrepresented their earnings from trades.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • We have been studied, tracked, misrepresented, and monetized by tools built without us and aimed at us.
    — Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
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