falsificación

Definitions of falsificación
  1. noun
    a willful perversion of facts
    synonyms: falsedad
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    deformación, tergiversación, torcimiento, torsión
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    ambigüedad, evasión
    falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
    embuste, mentira
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
    disimulación, engaño
    the act of deceiving
    dilación
    deceitful action that is not straightforward
    ardid, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma
    the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    doble juego, doblez, duplicidad
    acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
    estafa, fraude, timo, trampa
    a deception for profit to yourself
    ilusión
    the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
    fachada, fingimiento, simulación
    the act of giving a false appearance
    imitación, impostura
    pretending to be another person
    obscurantismo
    a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
    farol
    the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
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    mala conducta, maldad
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  2. noun
    shaping metal by heating and hammering
    synonyms: forja, fraguado
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    formación
    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
  3. noun
    something copied or derived from an original
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    farsante, impostor, similor
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
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    copia
    a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
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