falsify

verb

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Similar word(s): distort, garble, warp

Definition categories: communication, belie, misrepresent

2. tamper, with the purpose of deception

- falsify the data

Similar word(s): cook, fake, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle

Definition categories: social, cheat, chisel

3. prove false

- Falsify a claim

Definition categories: cognition, confute, disprove

4. falsify knowingly

- She falsified the records

Definition categories: change, reverse, turn

5. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

Similar word(s): alter, interpolate

Definition categories: change, edit, redact