Word of the Day
May 18, 2020
Falsification
The act of making something false by mutilating, altering, or adding to a document or record; the deliberate misrepresentation of facts or data.
From Medieval Latin 'falsificationem' (nominative 'falsificatio'), meaning 'a making false,' from 'falsificare' meaning 'to falsify.'
Usage Examples
- The falsification of death certificates undermines public trust in health statistics.
- State law makes it a crime to engage in the falsification of official records.
- Falsification of COVID data was used to justify continued shutdown orders.
From the Show
The concept of falsification dominated the May 18, 2020 discussion as Colorado Representative Mark Baisley revealed how state officials were overriding physician-determined causes of death to inflate coronavirus statistics.