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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 forg·ery /ˈforʤri, ˈfɔrʤ; ˈforʤə, ˈfɔr-/
 偽造,偽造罪,偽造物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 For·ger·y n.; pl. Forgeries
 1. The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.]
 Useless the forgery
 Of brazen shield and spear.   --Milton.
 2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.
 3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.
    These are the forgeries of jealously.   --Shak.
    The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a forgery of the second century.   --Waterland.
 Syn: -- Counterfeit; Forgery.
 Usage: Counterfeit is chiefly used of imitations of coin, or of paper money, or of securities depending upon pictorial devices and engraved designs for identity or assurance of genuineness. Forgery is more properly applied to making a false imitation of an instrument depending on signatures to show genuineness and validity.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 forgery
      n 1: a copy that is represented as the original [syn: imitation,
            counterfeit]
      2: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
         with intent to defraud