falsification

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean; equivocation, tergiversation
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; fabrication, lying, prevarication
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth; deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation
the act of deceiving; fibbing, paltering
a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear; fakery
the act of faking (or the product of faking); indirection
deceitful action that is not straightforward; chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them); double-dealing, duplicity
acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another; cheat, cheating
a deception for profit to yourself; delusion, head game, illusion
the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas; feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation
the act of giving a false appearance; impersonation, imposture
pretending to be another person; obscurantism
a deliberate act intended to make something obscure; bluff, four flush
the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards; take-in
the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

Type of:: actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct
activity that transgresses moral or civil law

Type of:: determination, finding
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

Types:: reductio, reductio ad absurdum
(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction; confutation
evidence that refutes conclusively; counterexample
refutation by example

Type of:: evidence, grounds
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

Types:: frame-up, setup
an act that incriminates someone on a false charge; sophistication
falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; forgery
criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

Type of:: dishonesty, knavery
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

DEFINITIONS OF: falsification