falsify

Verbs

  • (v) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story distort, garble, warp,
  • (v) tamper, with the purpose of deception
    • Fudge the figures
    • cook the books
    • falsify the data
    fudge, fake, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook,
  • (v) prove false
    • Falsify a claim
  • (v) falsify knowingly
    • She falsified the records
  • (v) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby interpolate, alter,

Synonyms

distort garble warp fudge fake misrepresent wangle manipulate cook interpolate alter

Antonyms

correct right rectify

See also

cook up fabricate invent manufacture make up

Words of close approximity

falsie
falsity
falsifying