FALSIFICATION, FALSIFIED, FALSIFY
ADJECTIVES
1610 ► BELIED calumniated, falsified, proved false
1810 ► MANAGED falsified; ‘cooked’ → obs.
1860 ► COOKED altered; falsified; doctored → Amer. sl.
1891 ► MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false
NOUNS
1340 ► FALSEHOOD deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit Ï obs.
1594 ► FALSERY deception, falsification, falsehood → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1340 ► FALSER a falsifier, a forger, a counterfeiter → obs.
1435 ► FALSARY one who falsifies, or fraudulent alters a document, etc.; a falsifier → obs.
VERBS
1380 ► FALSE to falsify; to make untrue; to introduce falsehood into; to corrupt → obs.
1636 ► COOK to falsify, as accounts; to tamper with → colloq.
1655 ► COOK UP to falsify → colloq.
1750 ► DOCTOR to make different in order to deceive; to tamper with; to falsify or adulterate
1850 ► COOK THE BOOKS to falsify financial accounts → sl.
1851 ► FAKE UP to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose; to falsify → sl., orig. criminals’ usage