forger

noun

forg·er ˈfȯr-jər

: one that forges metals

: a person who falsifies

especially : a creator of false tales

: a person guilty of forgery

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With auction sales for South Asian art exceeding $100 million in 2025 alone, both major names and middle-market artists are finding their work targeted by forgers. — News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026 Works linked to notorious German forger Wolfgang Beltracchi have turned up in museum, corporate and gallery collections there. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The forgers of the future have become custodians of an optimistic past. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026 Erwin Bankowski, 50, and his daughter, Karolina Bankowska, 26, teamed up with an art forger in Poland to sell more than 200 fake pieces between 2020 and 2025, netting at least $2 million in the process. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forger

Word History

Etymology

Middle English forgere, forgeoure, borrowed from Anglo-French forgeur, forger, from forger "to forge entry 2" + -eur, -er -er entry 2

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of forger was in the 14th century

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