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falsify

[fawl-suh-fahy] / ˈfɔl sə faɪ /


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It said employees are never instructed to falsify data or report “zeros,” that no data is omitted from reports and that equipment is properly calibrated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Candidates or senators who willingly falsify financial disclosures can be fined up to $50,000 or prosecuted for making a false statement to the government, a felony.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

“The passage of Senate Bill 1159 is an important step to clarify the law and discourage the use of emerging technologies to falsify public records and mislead regulators in California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The policies are often completely bogus, are invalid because they falsify information to bring the price down, or are cancelled soon after purchase.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

And as proof I would falsify the attendance records by filling out membership cards with fictitious names—all unemployed, of course, so as to avoid any question of dues.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

If someone intentionally falsifies their disclosure reports, they can face criminal penalties — a warning printed below the signature line of the reports themselves.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

It falsifies not just Black history but American history.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023

Treasury has said that anyone who falsifies documentation or otherwise hides the true origin or price of Russian oil would face consequences under the domestic law of jurisdictions implementing the price cap.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2022

“If a federal law enforcement officer lies, manipulates witnesses, and falsifies evidence, should the officer be liable for damages?” the U.S.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

It is too often pretended that these wastes are incapable of cultivation—but the fertile appearance of enclosed patches constantly falsifies such selfish and malignant assertions.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Richard Phillips

She had falsified records and one infant in her care had been found covered in their own faeces.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Prosecutors said Alexander Soofer falsified invoices claiming he was serving fresh meals to residents while actually serving breakfast bars and microwavable ramen noodles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

According to a 2022 FTC complaint, one operation involving online retail allegedly promised “passive income on autopilot” and deployed falsified consumer reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

And it upheld the lower court's conclusion that Yoon had prepared falsified documents, but had not actually used them.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

But in the cases of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 the data necessitated the phenomenon, and the phenomenon falsified the established theory.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Last fall resulted in lots of controversy as numerous players were declared ineligible for falsifying paperwork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Morens is facing five counts related to allegedly destroying, altering or falsifying records in a federal investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

So far, the head of the institute has said the only reasons to strip fellows of their titles is if they’ve conducted scientific misconduct, things like falsifying data, Twelvetrees said.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

The defendants engaged in a "deliberate and deceptive effort to transship controlled Nvidia GPUs to China by falsifying paperwork, creating fake contracts, and misleading US authorities," Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

The immediate advantages of falsifying the past were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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