forger
forger — noun
1. a person who creates false copies of valuable objects such as money, official do
a person who creates false copies of valuable objects such as money, official documents, or works of art, intending to deceive people into believing the copies are real.
The police arrested a forger who had been making fake passports for years.
passive: arrested + forger — common crime-news pattern
Art experts at the museum discovered that Adina was a skilled forger.
The forger Mateo was sentenced to three years in prison for copying famous paintings.
The document forger used special paper and ink to make the letters look old.
The museum took months to realise a forger named Eliska had swapped the statue.
- counterfeiter
more specific to fake money or official currency
- faker
less formal and can also mean someone who pretends to have skills they lack
- fraudster
broader term for anyone who commits fraud, not limited to making physical fakes
- authenticator
a person who checks whether something is real or fake
文法句型
forger + of + [fake items]
用法筆記
Often appears in news reports about crime. The person or institution that is deceived is usually a buyer, a museum, a bank, or a government agency.
常見錯誤
2. a worker who heats metal until it is soft and then hammers it into shape, using
a worker who heats metal until it is soft and then hammers it into shape, using a furnace and anvil to make tools, horseshoes, decorative items, or other useful objects.
Nikhil works as a forger, shaping red-hot iron into gates and railings.
works as + forger — occupation pattern
The old forger taught his son to hammer heated steel into sharp blades.
Rachid bought a large copper cooking pot from a village forger in Marrakech.
A traditional forger can turn a metal bar into a knife or a farm tool.
Jisoo's grandfather was a forger who made horseshoes and iron tools for local farmers.
- blacksmith
the most common modern term for someone who works with iron and steel
- smith
shorter form, often used in compounds such as goldsmith or silversmith
- metalworker
broader term covering any kind of metal shaping, not just forging
用法筆記
This sense is less common in modern everyday speech; blacksmith is the more widely used term. Forger survives mainly in historical writing and discussions of traditional crafts.