Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: forger
IPA transcription: [f'ɔɹdʒɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: forger, counterfeiter
    Meaning: someone who makes copies illegally
  • Synonyms: forger
    Meaning: someone who operates a forge
Usage examples
  • He was no forger, or thief--in the ordinary sense of the word; nor was he a returned convict.
  • "The man's name is Tom Jackson; he is a noted gambler and forger, has been convicted of manslaughter and other crimes, sent to the penitentiary and pardoned out.
  • Some one "raises" their checks by writing another figure in front of the proper amount. "Five hundred" might be "raised" to "twenty-five hundred" in this way, even by an unskilled forger.