1. a person who illegally copies or creates false documents, signatures, or works of art
2. a person who shapes metal by heating and hammering
Usage: technical

Examples

• The art forger created fake paintings that fooled experts for years.
• Police arrested the forger who had been making counterfeit driver’s licenses.
• The document forger was sentenced to five years in prison.
• Bank officials detected the forged signature immediately.
• The skilled forger worked at the blacksmith shop downtown.
• Medieval forgers shaped iron into tools and weapons.
• The forger heated the metal until it glowed red-hot.