Falsify
verb
To change something to make it false or not true.
He falsified the data to increase his profits.
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- falsify data
- falsify evidence
verb
To lie about something, to make others believe something that is not true.
He was accused of falsifying his academic qualifications.
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- falsify results
- falsify claims
verb
To falsely alter something to make it look authentic.
The driver was found guilty of falsifying his driving licence.
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- falsify records
- falsify licence
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Formal
Technical
verb
To prove something to be false, to debunk.
The scientist aimed to falsify the existing theory by presenting new evidence.
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- falsify theory
- falsify hypothesis
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Academic
verb
To change something to make it false or not true.
He falsified the data to increase his profits.
Often appears as...
- falsify data
- falsify evidence
verb
To lie about something, to make others believe something that is not true.
He was accused of falsifying his academic qualifications.
Often appears as...
- falsify results
- falsify claims
verb
To falsely alter something to make it look authentic.
The driver was found guilty of falsifying his driving licence.
Often appears as...
- falsify records
- falsify licence
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To prove something to be false, to debunk.
The scientist aimed to falsify the existing theory by presenting new evidence.
Often appears as...
- falsify theory
- falsify hypothesis
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Action
Falsify in this context implies unethical behavior, usually for personal gain.
The researcher secretly falsified the experiment results.
Pro Tip 2/2Deliberate Deception
The act is done intentionally, not by mistake.
He deliberately falsified the financial report.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Action
Falsify in this context implies unethical behavior, usually for personal gain.
The researcher secretly falsified the experiment results.
Pro Tip 2/2Deliberate Deception
The act is done intentionally, not by mistake.
He deliberately falsified the financial report.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Action
Falsify in this context implies unethical behavior, usually for personal gain.
The researcher secretly falsified the experiment results.
Pro Tip 2/2Deliberate Deception
The act is done intentionally, not by mistake.
He deliberately falsified the financial report.
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
evolution of motion uh of the sort that that that say techniques like xram are allowing but fundamentally i mean i agree with jingle i like that in in these are in kimi it's new stuff right you can theorize you can build models you can look at excellent things but they can be falsified or supported in a
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How people rationalize...
and falsified financial statements to hide the fact that its subsidiaries had been losing money. Because it was family controlled, corporate governance and regulator supervision were difficult, and the company likely hoped that the losses could be recouped before anyone found out.
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How fake handbags fund...
And documents found during those raids found that they'd been falsifying shipping documents so the customs officials would literally have no idea who had sent the products in the first place. When police got access to just one bank account, they found nearly three million euros
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
evolution of motion uh of the sort that that that say techniques like xram are allowing but fundamentally i mean i agree with jingle i like that in in these are in kimi it's new stuff right you can theorize you can build models you can look at excellent things but they can be falsified or supported in a
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How people rationalize...
and falsified financial statements to hide the fact that its subsidiaries had been losing money. Because it was family controlled, corporate governance and regulator supervision were difficult, and the company likely hoped that the losses could be recouped before anyone found out.
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How fake handbags fund...
And documents found during those raids found that they'd been falsifying shipping documents so the customs officials would literally have no idea who had sent the products in the first place. When police got access to just one bank account, they found nearly three million euros
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James Schuyler
American Poet
In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively.
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Helmut Schmidt
German Statesman
I had a Jewish grandfather. We managed to hide this fact from the authorities by falsifying documents, my father and I. His father was Jewish, but because my father was an illegitimate child, it was rather easy to pretend that his father was unknown.
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Asha Rangappa
American Lawyer
Naturally, the president, as a US citizen, cannot be removed from the country. Nor can the president, who is the country's chief executive, be restricted from access to classified information or provided with falsified information.
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Saul Williams
American Musician
We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.
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Michael Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be falsehood, or falsehood truth.
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Franz Boas
American Scientist
We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it.
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Tillie Olsen
American Novelist
Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.
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James Schuyler
American Poet
In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively.
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Helmut Schmidt
German Statesman
I had a Jewish grandfather. We managed to hide this fact from the authorities by falsifying documents, my father and I. His father was Jewish, but because my father was an illegitimate child, it was rather easy to pretend that his father was unknown.
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Asha Rangappa
American Lawyer
Naturally, the president, as a US citizen, cannot be removed from the country. Nor can the president, who is the country's chief executive, be restricted from access to classified information or provided with falsified information.
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Saul Williams
American Musician
We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.
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Michael Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be falsehood, or falsehood truth.
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Franz Boas
American Scientist
We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and just get away with it.
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Tillie Olsen
American Novelist
Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.
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