falsifying Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the act of determining that something is false
   refutal; falsification; disproof; refutation.
   
2. verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
   warp; falsify; distort; garble.
   
3. verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
   wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; falsify; manipulate.
   
   • Fudge the figures
   • cook the books
   • falsify the data
4. verb prove false
   falsify.
   
   • Falsify a claim
5. verb falsify knowingly
   falsify.
   
   • She falsified the records
6. verb insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
   alter; interpolate; falsify.
   

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