Reverse Dictionary: FORGE

NOUNS
► FAKEMENT a forgery; a begging letter; a petition → 1839 sl.
► FALSE fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery → c1000 obs.
► FALSEHOOD deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit → 1340 obs.
► GAMMY MONICKER a forged signature → 1851 UK criminals’ sl.
► PAPER a forged or useless cheque or other financial instrument → 20C US sl.
► PAPER-HANG the passing of counterfeit money or forged securities → 1976 US sl.
► P.L. a forged personal cheque → 1920s forgers’ sl.
► QUEER counterfeit money; forged banknotes or bonds → 1812 sl.
► QUEER SCREENS forged banknotes → 19C UK criminals’ sl.
► SILVER BEGGAR a counterfeit banknote or forged document → M19 sl.
► SMASHING counterfeit; forged → 1857
► STIFF forged, phony → 1940s US criminals’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BENE-FEAKER OF GYBES a forger of passes and similar documents → L17 sl.
► BILL-POSTER a forger; one who passes counterfeit currency → 1934 criminals’ sl.
► BLACKSMITH a forger → 1906 UK criminals’ sl.
► DANDY-MASTER a forger of gold coins; the head of a counterfeiting gang → 1883 criminals’ sl.
► FABRICATOR one who frames a false statement or forges a document; a forger → 1795
► FAKER a counterfeiter; a forger → 1612 sl.
► FALSARY one who forges a document; a forger → 1579 obs.
► FALSER a falsifier, a forger, a counterfeiter → 1340 obs.
► FALSE WRITER a forger → 1580 obs.
► LETTER-MONGER a forger of letters →  1699 obs.
► OLD BAILEY UNDERWRITER a small-scale forger → 1831 criminals’ sl.
► PAPER-HANGER someone who passes forged or fraudulent cheques → 1914 sl., orig. US
► PENMAN a counterfeiter, a forger → 1865 sl.
► RAISER a criminal who specializes in forging increases in the amount payable to an otherwise legitimate cheque or security → 1950 US sl.
► SCRATCHER a counterfeiter; a forger → 1859 sl., orig. US
► SMASHER a person who passes counterfeit coin or forged notes → 1795 sl.

VERBS
► DECEIT to construct deceitfully, to forge a document → 1484 obs.
► DUFF to sell or peddle something under the pretense of offering something valuable that has been smuggled or stolen; later, to alter the appearance of something for sale in a deceptive or misleading way, esp. so as to make it appear new or of superior quality; to fake, to forge, to counterfeit → 1750 sl. obs.
► FAKE to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose → 1812 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► FAKE UP to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose; to falsify → 1851 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► FALSE to counterfeit money; to forge a document → a1300 obs.
► FAUNTLEROY to act as a forger → E19 US sl.
► PASS PAPER to used forged cheques, stolen credit cards, etc. → 1970s sl.
► PHONEY UP to counterfeit, to forge → 1942 sl., chiefly US
► PIGGOT ► PIGOTT to forge → 1889 political colloq.
► RAISE to forge cheques → 1940s UK criminals’ sl.
► SCRATCH to forge banknotes and other papers → 1859 US sl.
► SHAM ABRAHAM to forge bank paper → c1778 sl.