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Forgery

Phonetics: for·ger·y    \'fȯr-jər-ē\

Function: noun

Definition 1:
A false signature, written document or other creation made to imitate the true signature, document, or creation, with the intent to defraud. Notaries would be wise to employ the use of thumbprinters when completing journal entrees, because you can not forge a thumbprint.