forged

forged — (f[=o]rjd), adj. 1. Not genuine; counterfeit; used mostly of signatures and documents. See {forge}, v. t., 4. Syn: bad. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. shaped by strong pressure in a press, or by heatng and hammering; of metal objects. Note: Also used… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

forged — index artificial, false (not genuine), fictitious, spurious, untrue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

forged — forge forge [fɔːdʒ ǁ fɔːrdʒ] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to produce a document or money that is not Genuine (= real), or to sign something with a false name: • They had forged some company documents and set up phoney …   Financial and business terms

Forged — Forge Forge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forging}.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See {Forge}, n., and cf. {Fabricate}.] 1. To form by heating and hammering; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

forged — 1. adjective /fɔːdʒd/ a) fake (as documents) Forged identification documents were used to enter the building. b) Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot… …   Wiktionary

forged — adj. Forged is used with these nouns: ↑cheque, ↑document, ↑passport, ↑signature, ↑steel …   Collocations dictionary

forged — See drop forged …   Dictionary of automotive terms

forged — adjective reproduced fraudulently like a bad penny... a forged twenty dollar bill • Syn: ↑bad • Similar to: ↑counterfeit, ↑imitative …   Useful english dictionary

forged — Synonyms and related words: assembled, built, cast, concocted, constructed, cooked up, counterfeit, crafted, created, custom, custom built, custom made, ersatz, extracted, fabricated, fabulous, fake, fancied, fantasied, fantastic, fashioned,… …   Moby Thesaurus

forged — adj. counterfeit, false; formed through heating and hammering (about metal); shaped, formed fÉ”rdÊ’ /fɔːdÊ’ n. smithy, blacksmith s shop; fireplace where metal is heated before being shaped v. strengthen; hammer into shape, fashion by heating… …   English contemporary dictionary

forged — adjective Syn: fake, false, counterfeit, imitation, copied, pirate, bogus; informal phoney, dud Ant: genuine …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary