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Any information created or obtained illegally in order to sway a verdict in court
False evidence, fabricated evidence, forged evidence, fake evidence or tainted evidence is information created or obtained illegally in order to sway
False_evidence
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. False Evidence may refer to: False evidence, information created or obtained illegally, to sway the verdict in a court case False Evidence (1919
False_Evidence
Admission of guilt for a crime one did not commit
until several shocking false confession cases were publicized in the late 1980s, combined with the introduction of DNA evidence, that the extent of wrongful
False_confession
Reported supernatural visions used as legal testimony
Spectral evidence was a form of legal evidence based upon the testimony of those who claim to have experienced visions. Such testimony was frequently
Spectral_evidence
Accusation of child molestation when it has not actually occurred
determined to be false based on corroborating evidence can be divided into three categories: An allegation that is completely false in that the events
False allegation of child sexual abuse
False_allegation_of_child_sexual_abuse
which is applicable in the Southern states of Nigeria. The offence of false evidence under the Penal Code, which is applicable in the Northern states of
Perjury_in_Nigeria
American police officer wrongfully convicted of murder (born 1964)
the evidence fit their theory of the case," a juror said in interview. Lead defense attorney Richard Kammen accused police of feeding Boney a false story
Wrongful conviction of David Camm
Wrongful_conviction_of_David_Camm
American documentary series
Trust Me: The False Prophet is a 2026 American documentary miniseries directed and executive produced by Rachel Dretzin. It follows cult expert Christine
Trust_Me:_The_False_Prophet
1922 film
False Evidence is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Edna Flugrath, Cecil Humphreys and Teddy Arundell. It was adapted
False_Evidence_(1922_film)
1990s police corruption scandal in Los Angeles
planting of false evidence, theft, drug dealing, bank robbery, perjury and cover-ups thereof. Of the 70 officers implicated, enough evidence was uncovered
Rampart_scandal
Creationist hypothesis
objective, verifiable evidence that the universe is older than approximately ten millennia is due to the creator introducing false evidence that makes the universe
Omphalos_hypothesis
1962 proposed U.S. false flag operation against American citizens
recommended hijackings and bombings followed by the introduction of false evidence that would implicate the Cuban government. It stated: The desired resultant
Operation_Northwoods
Claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue
Accusations that are determined to be false based on corroborating evidence can be divided into three categories: A completely false allegation, in that the alleged
False_accusation
Discredited book about recovered memory psychotherapy
claims as fact, and was extensively marketed on that basis at the time, no evidence was provided; all investigations into the book failed to corroborate any
Michelle_Remembers
Informal fallacy
informal fallacy where something is claimed to be true or false because of a lack of evidence to the contrary. The fallacy is committed when one asserts
Argument_from_ignorance
Reporting on a fringe assertion as if it were legitimate debate
(June 2022). "When fairness is flawed: Effects of false balance reporting and weight-of-evidence statements on beliefs and perceptions of climate change"
False_balance
Reporting of a rape where no rape has occurred
Despite many attempts to estimate the prevalence of false rape allegations, reliable evidence is scarce, and estimates vary widely across studies and
False_accusation_of_rape
Penal code of Malaysia
191. Giving false evidence 192. Fabricating false evidence 193. Punishment for false evidence 194. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to
Penal_Code_(Malaysia)
2007 homicide case of student originally reported as a missing person case
term for fresh charges of misappropriating Teo's belongings, giving false evidence, and the illegal disposal of Teo's corpse, which remained missing. Teo
Death_of_Felicia_Teo
2007 film by Gregory Hoblit
inadmissible as evidence, being, as the judge puts it, fruit of the poisonous tree. Nunally comes up with a scheme to plant false evidence to implicate Crawford
Fracture_(2007_film)
1993–2009 DNA contamination incidents in Western Europe
hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at numerous crime scenes in Austria, France and Germany from 1993
Phantom_of_Heilbronn
US effort to prosecute alleged Chinese spies
false statements in the investigation of Anming Hu, while in another case, the investigation involving Franklin Feng Tao was based on false evidence provided
China_Initiative
Evidence relying on personal testimony
lead to confusion due to its varied interpretations. Anecdotal evidence can be true or false but is not usually subjected to scholarly methods, scientific
Anecdotal_evidence
1919 silent film directed by Edwin Carewe
False Evidence, originally titled Madelon of the Redwoods, is a 1919 American silent drama film that was directed by Edwin Carewe. It stars Viola Dana
False_Evidence_(1919_film)
Material supporting an assertion
believe. But it can be rational to have a false belief. This is the case when we possess misleading evidence. For example, it was rational for Neo in the
Evidence
Indian politician
convicted Raju of criminal conspiracy, causing disappearance of evidence, fabricating false evidence, criminal breach of trust, and "acts done by several persons
Antony_Raju
Psychological occurrence
In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon in which someone recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from the way it
False_memory
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
Oath of Supremacy, More was convicted of treason on what he stated was false evidence, and was executed. At his execution, he was reported to have said: "I
Thomas_More
2007 video game
false evidence from the Mishams in order to win the high-profile case and become famous. Apollo accuses Kristoph of setting up Phoenix with the false
Apollo_Justice:_Ace_Attorney
1937 British film
False Evidence is a 1937 British crime film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Gwenllian Gill, George Pembroke and Michael Hogarth. It was written
False_Evidence_(1937_film)
American forensic scientist (1951–2002)
of the State Police until 1995. It was established later that Zain used false credentials to get hired by the state police crime lab. He claimed to have
Fred_Zain
1988 murder in Cardiff
charged five men with White's murder, although none of the scientific evidence discovered at the crime scene could be linked to them. In November 1990
Murder_of_Lynette_White
2009 murder in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
in 2017 made a statutory declaration to the effect that her evidence at trial was false, that she had been aboard Four Winds on 26 January 2009 with
Murder_of_Bob_Chappell
1926 alleged kidnapping of evangelist
conspiracy conducted by McPherson, Kennedy, and Ormiston to manufacture false evidence. The chief witness against McPherson was now Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff
Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
Disappearance_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson
Attempt to influence testimony unduly
"proscribes conduct intended to illegitimately affect the presentation of evidence in Federal proceedings or the communication of information to Federal law
Witness_tampering
American wrongfully convicted of murder
found that his 1985 murder conviction was obtained through the use of false evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. Lisker was freed on August 13
Bruce_Lisker
Types of error in data reporting
A false positive is an error in binary classification in which a test result incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition (such as a disease when
False positives and false negatives
False_positives_and_false_negatives
1989 New Zealand murder case
he had fabricated the evidence against Tamihere. In July 2024, the New Zealand Court of Appeal decided that the false evidence presented at the original
Murder of Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen
Murder_of_Urban_Höglin_and_Heidi_Paakkonen
UK police officer & academic (1952-)
arson attack while undercover, which Lambert denies, as well as giving false evidence in court. Until December 2015, Lambert was a lecturer in Terrorism Studies
Bob Lambert (undercover police officer)
Bob_Lambert_(undercover_police_officer)
An unfair outcome in trial
trial about a detail that is completely false". Wrongful convictions can also occur when items which become evidence at crime scenes become contaminated in
Miscarriage_of_justice
Canadian-American martial artist (born 1956)
editor of Black Belt, added that Dux's story was "based on false premises" and there was no evidence of the Kumite. Kenneth Wilson of the Ministry of Sports
Frank_Dux
1998 film by Tony Scott
surveillance devices in his clothes and personal effects. They also fabricate false evidence linking Dean to money laundering and an affair with Rachel Banks, Dean's
Enemy_of_the_State_(film)
Body of facts in a legal proceeding
makes it possible for the accuser to induce friends or family to give false evidence in support of their accusations because, normally, it would be rejected
Evidence_(law)
Species of crocodilian
need to be reclassified to different genera as evidence suggests they may be paraphyletic. The false gharial's snout broadens considerably towards the
False_gharial
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
under section 2 of the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975, makes a statement - (a) which he knows to be false in a material particular
Perjury_Act_1911
False accounting is a legal term for a type of fraud, considered a statutory offence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
False_accounting
Falsifying an oath or affirmation
Perjury (also known as forswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in
Perjury
2017 Indian film
reveals that stolen ornaments were remade with him and produced as false evidence in the court and that the witness from Singapore was also fake. She
Dandupalya_2
Illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent
False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area without legal authority
False_imprisonment
Sri Lankan police officer and former Director of Criminal Investigation Department
by the Colombo Crime Division for allegations regarding fabricating false evidence with regard to a court case against former police officer Vass Gunawardane
Shani_Abeysekara
Covert operation designed to deceive
A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term
False_flag
Ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others
deficit in brain-injured patients: Evidence for consistent performance on non-verbal, "reality-unknown" false belief and false photograph tasks". Cognition
Theory_of_mind
Policing scandal in the UK
and opposition, but not overturned. After the match, it emerged that false evidence had been used by the police to justify the decision. Multiple investigations
2025 banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from match with Aston Villa
2025_banning_of_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_supporters_from_match_with_Aston_Villa
Australian barrister and prosecutor
certificate cancelled for "professional misconduct" and "knowingly giving false evidence". Rayney's wife, Corryn, was murdered in August 2007. In the following
Lloyd_Rayney
Group of nine Nigerian activists executed by hanging in 1995
and offered jobs by Shell, in the presence of their lawyer, to give false evidence.[better source needed] Starting in 1938, Royal Dutch Shell started relations
Ogoni_Nine
Topics referred to by the same term
payoff comes Setup, also called frameup, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime Setup, installation
Setup
Two British serial rapists and killers
Duffy into giving false evidence against Mulcahy. Duffy appeared as a prosecution witness against Mulcahy and gave detailed evidence over a 14-day period
John_Duffy_and_David_Mulcahy
Thracian king
in Cymbeline, when Iachimo spies upon the sleeping Imogen to gather false evidence so he can persuade Posthumus he has seduced her. The Love of the Nightingale
Tereus
Logic error due to ignoring the base rate
fallacy is the false positive paradox (also known as accuracy paradox). This paradox describes situations where there are more false positive test results
Base_rate_fallacy
Murdered law student in New Delhi
instrumental in creating false evidence and false defense for the accused. The witnesses of the police including a Sub-Inspector deposed falsely". The judgment
Priyadarshini_Mattoo
Realistic artificially generated media
techniques for fabricating false evidence certainly suggests that any combination of video, audio, photographic or other generable evidence alone as the basis
Deepfake
Any material object relevant to the facts in a judicial proceeding
destruction, or tampering with evidence." Evidence tampering "generally refers to physical evidence and is not founded on false statements or the concealment
Real_evidence
Logical fallacy of inconsistency
false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false
False_equivalence
therefore deems it false, or conversely, holds that it must be true because they can't see how it could be false. Argument to moderation (false compromise, middle
List_of_fallacies
Species of oceanic dolphin in the genus Pseudorca
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found
False_killer_whale
Indian temple administrator (born 1948)
same sanitation worker on charges including perjury and furnishing false evidence, a Belthangady court remanded him to 10 days' police custody while the
Veerendra_Heggade
American actor (born 1982)
misdemeanor counts providing false evidence to law enforcement, resulting from a DUI stop in which he gave police a false name pretending to be his brother
Jussie_Smollett
King of France and Navarre in 1316
Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri suggests that Cola di Rienzo manufactured false evidence that Baglioni was John the Posthumous in order to strengthen his own
John_I_of_France
Registrar, Supreme Court, Western Australia
telephone interception, making a false declaration and giving deliberately false evidence to a court while on oath. The evidence raises suspicion; in some instances
Killing_of_Corryn_Rayney
Russian lawyer, businessman and oil executive
tax evasion and money laundering. After refusing to allegedly provide false evidence against other Yukos executives, he served two years in prison while
Vasily_Aleksanyan
Legal defence preventing someone from being tried again on the same charges
the crime, or where it becomes clear that key witnesses have given false evidence". However, retrial applications could only be made for serious offences
Double_jeopardy
1960s British political scandal
testified that Keeler, a key prosecution witness against Ward, had given false evidence at Gordon's trial. After listening to Marshall's damning summing-up
Profumo_affair
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are
False_dilemma
Person who provides information
charged with other offences, was induced, through hope of pardon, to give false evidence against the innocent. The equitable and vigilant magistrate conducted
Informant
1988 aircraft bombing over Scotland
a Federal Bureau of Investigation explosives expert, of fabricating false evidence against Libya in both the Pan Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772 sabotages
Pan_Am_Flight_103
Defence of being elsewhere when a crime happened
may be considered evidence of consciousness of guilt. In Canada, the giving of a false alibi may be used by the court as actual evidence of guilt, provided
Alibi
1989 alleged murders in Auckland, New Zealand
February 2005 at a Court of Appeal hearing, Tania Wilson said she gave false evidence at Maney's two trials, which implicated Maney in the killing of Fuller-Sandys
Deaths of Deane Fuller-Sandys and Leah Stephens
Deaths_of_Deane_Fuller-Sandys_and_Leah_Stephens
has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a
Cherry_picking
British corporate lawyer (born 1944)
and six months in jail for accepting a bribe from Berlusconi to give false evidence on his behalf in corruption trials in 1997 and 1998. His defence counsel
David_Mills_(solicitor)
Pakistani civil servant (1970–2007)
because he had refused to co-operate with authorities for providing false evidence which would incriminate Justice Chaudhry in the wake of the ongoing
Syed_Hammad_Raza
1920 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
bottom of the bottle, making the final dose lethal. The pair then left false evidence that would incriminate Alfred, which they knew would be refuted at his
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles
Topics referred to by the same term
Framing (construction), common carpentry work Framing (law), providing false evidence or testimony to prove someone guilty of a crime Framing (social sciences)
Framing
Muhammad in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. The dossier was used as false evidence of anti-Muslim feeling in Denmark in several tours of Arab countries
La_Pourcailhade
Name for several species of mushroom
freely eat false morels, potentially even toxic species, without apparent harm, some people have developed acute toxicity and recent evidence suggests that
False_morel
Indian journalist and television news anchor
in the Esplanade Metropolitan Magistrate Court.The court noted that false evidence supported the argument when it issued the order earlier. In court, the
Arnab_Goswami
Code of 1860 included: Giving false evidence, contrary to section 191 of the Indian Penal Code Fabricating false evidence, contrary to section 192 of the
Offences against public justice
Offences_against_public_justice
2010 Malayalam film
gets arrested for Rohit's murder but gets released on bail after a false evidence given by a police officer, who is Satheesh's man. That night Sudeep
College_Days_(2010_film)
1971 film by Naresh Kumar
situation is a local businessman Shankarlal (Madan Puri), who is planting false evidence to implicate Sudhir. Sudhir's assistant Rocky (Rajendranath) suspects
Ek_Paheli
Illness diagnosis, treatment and prevention based on data collection and analysis
Evidence-based medicine (EBM), sometimes known within healthcare as evidence-based practice (EBP), is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of
Evidence-based_medicine
Species of fish
The false cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus) is a species of combtooth blenny, a mimic that copies both the dance and appearance of Labroides dimidiatus
False_cleanerfish
British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Nunthorpe Stakes and Challenge Stakes in 1967. Melchbourne's dam, False Evidence, was of no use as a racehorse, failing to win in fifteen starts on the
Melchbourne_(horse)
Penal code of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants Chapter XI - False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice Chapter XII - Offences relating
Penal_Code_of_Bangladesh
Leaving false evidence of one's own death
insurance money, to evade pursuit, to escape from captivity, to arouse false sympathy, or as a practical joke. While faking one's own death is not inherently
Faked_death
U.S. federal legislation prohibiting child labor
facility in question. Anyone found in violation of this Act or who gave false evidence would be subject to fines and/or imprisonment. The bill was named for
Keating–Owen_Act
Fictional attorney
the law several times, including manufacturing false evidence (glass eyes). Mason manipulates evidence and witnesses, resulting in the acquittal of the
Perry_Mason
Italian sportsman and entrepreneur (born 1959)
detective Confesor Gonzalez and detective Katherine Carter fabricated false evidence against him and told him "You're the Italian who accused the Miami police
Chico_Forti
British campaigner and former subpostmaster
work?". BBC. 27 February 2024. "Former Post Office executive gave 'false' evidence at high court, inquiry hears". The Guardian. 25 April 2024. "Post Office
Alan_Bates_(subpostmaster)
Extinct genus of primate
both dismissed Krantz's arguments, saying he readily accepted clearly false evidence. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gigantopithecus. Wikispecies
Gigantopithecus
Russian businessman
case has been described as a politically motivated attempt to obtain false evidence against Yukos executives Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Leonid Nevzlin and
Alexey_Pichugin
FALSE EVIDENCE
FALSE EVIDENCE
Boy/Male
Hindu
The false pride
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Bariesou, BAR-JESUS means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Boy/Male
Danish, German
Relating to Falconry; Falconer
Female
Hebrew
(עַש×ְתְּרï‹×ª) Hebrew name, ASHTAROWTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Boy/Male
German
Surname relating to falconry.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Ashtaroth, ASTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Biblical
idols; masters; false gods
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ashtarowth, ASHTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Vauxhall, habitational name from a place in Surrey so called, on the south bank of the River Thames, now part of Greater London. This was named in the 13th century as Faukeshalle ‘the Hall of Fauke’, a reference to Baron Falke de Breaulté, who was granted the manor by King John in 1233. This was the site of a famous pleasure garden frequented by 18th-century Londoners.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
The false pride
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English hals ‘neck’ (Old English h(e)als). This was a nickname for a man with a long neck or for a conspicuous sufferer from goiter (a common affliction in medieval times).English (Devon) : topographic name denoting someone living on a neck of land (from Middle English atte halse ‘at the neck’), or a habitational name from either of two places in Devon and Somerset named Halse, from this word. To a lesser extent Halse in Northamptonshire, named from Old English hals + hÅh ‘ridge’, may also have contributed to the surname.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in the county of Møre og Romsdal. The farmsteads are so named from the Old Norse dative singular of hals ‘neck’, referring to a neck of land, or a ridge between two valleys.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu
False Pride; Illusion
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English falwe (Old English f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.The name is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Idols; masters; false gods.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Batchelor, altered by false association with elder.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin)
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name, a variant of Vaux.English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : There are a number of early English examples of the name with articles rather than prepositions, which Reaney explains as being from a southern form of Middle English faus ‘false’, ‘untrustworthy’ (late Old English fals, from Latin falsus, reinforced by Old French fals, faus from the same source).
Male
Greek
(ΒαÏιησοÏ) Greek form of Aramaic Bar-Yesu, BARIESOU means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.Swedish (Palmér) : ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér, from Latin -erius ‘descendant of’.Irish : when not truly of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford) perhaps because they were from an ecclesiastical family.German : topographic name for someone living among pussy willows (see Palm 2).German : from the personal name Palm (see Palm 3).
Boy/Male
Polynesian
House.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
The False Pride
FALSE EVIDENCE
FALSE EVIDENCE
Girl/Female
American, Finnish, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu
Holy One
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Midlands and West Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Midlands and West Yorkshire) : (of Norman origin): nickname for a stealthy person, from Old French pie de leu ‘wolf’s foot’.English (chiefly Midlands and West Yorkshire) : habitational name from Pedley Barton in East Worlington, Devon, named from an Old English personal name Pidda + Old English lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Early bird, Pure, Richness
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Pretty
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
God of Welfare
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Emmanouel, EMÃNUEL means "God is with us."
Girl/Female
Latin Italian
Light.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Garuda; King of Birds
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
The praised one.
FALSE EVIDENCE
FALSE EVIDENCE
FALSE EVIDENCE
FALSE EVIDENCE
FALSE EVIDENCE
superl.
Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
a.
To feign; to pretend to make.
superl.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
a.
Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
adv.
Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
a.
False-hearted.
n.
False religion.
a.
To report falsely; to falsify.
n.
False optics.
v.
False swearing.
a.
Faitless; false; treacherous.
a.
False; specious; counterfeit.
superl.
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
superl.
Not in tune.
a.
To betray; to falsify.
a.
To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
superl.
Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
superl.
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
superl.
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.