Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being forged, in any sense of the word.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective metallurgy That can be
forged (shaped under heat and pressure). - adjective money, etc. That can be
forged (counterfeited).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now it is true he is talking gold and not silver but the theory is the same, a rare non forgeable commodity which has been historically accepted as money and will act as a hedge against the mismanagement and inflation of fiat currency.
RBC Fiat Slap Down Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2007
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Now it is true he is talking gold and not silver but the theory is the same, a rare non forgeable commodity which has been historically accepted as money and will act as a hedge against the mismanagement and inflation of fiat currency.
Archive 2007-01-21 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2007
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They'd have to beef up how they produce them, as they're probably very easily forgeable in their current form, but it would seem to make sense and eliminate some of the barriers many see to using "standard" forms of ID.
21st Century Elections Christine Robinson 2008
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The fact that people, including terrorists, gangsters, criminals, and illegals could pass over certain borders with easily forgeable and untraceable documentation represented a HUGE hole in American security that should have been patched up loooooooong ago.
U.S. Passport problems | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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SCHUMER: We propose every American, citizen, legal immigrant gets a non-forgeable employment card, a national employment card.
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And they think my card signature is entirely forgeable.
Signing credit cards is impossible - discuss Jonathan 2004
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And they think my card signature is entirely forgeable.
Archive 2004-07-01 Jonathan 2004
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As if that weren't enough, both fingerprints and iris scans have been shown to be forgeable.
Archive 2004-12-01 James 2004
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As if that weren't enough, both fingerprints and iris scans have been shown to be forgeable.
Charles Clarke's woolly defence of the govt's ID cards James 2004
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It's been normal practice for many years for public authorities and private organisations to take a copy of that simple, forgeable piece of paper when they transact with individuals, and to keep it on record for indefinite periods.
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