falsify meaning and definition

FALSIFY verb

Definition of falsify (verb)

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
   • synonyms: distort, garble, warp
2. tamper, with the purpose of deception
   • "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
   • synonyms: cook, fake, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle
3. prove false
   • "Falsify a claim"
4. falsify knowingly
   • "She falsified the records"
   • antonym: correct
5. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
   • synonyms: alter, interpolate