Forgery And Counterfeiting in United States

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The act of copying or altering a writing with the intent to defraud. Although a forgery and a counterfeit are frequently regarded as the same, there is a distinction. A forgery is a false object of which there is no genuine original; a counterfeit is a false object of which there is a genuine original.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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