falsifier

Senses

1. 1.

   to falsify; to forge

   to alter or forge a document, signature, or evidence

2. 2.

   to distort; to misrepresent

   to give a false or misleading account of something

3. 3.

   to adulterate; to tamper with

   to corrupt or alter the purity of a substance (food, wine, etc.)

Examples

• "Il a falsifié les documents pour obtenir le prêt."

  He forged the documents to obtain the loan.

• "Ne falsifiez pas les faits de l'enquête."

  Do not distort the facts of the investigation.

• "Le vin avait été falsifié avec des produits chimiques."

  The wine had been adulterated with chemical products.

Usage

Falsifier is a formal, legal register verb commonly used in contexts of fraud, forgery, and document tampering. Often appears with direct objects like "documents," "preuves" (evidence), or "données" (data). Do not confuse with the English "falsify" in very technical philosophical contexts-falsifier is always transitive in French.