falsify
/ˈfɔːlsəfaɪ/
verb
- To change information, evidence, or a document in order to deceive someone; to make something false.
- The accountant was caught trying to falsify the company's tax returns.
- It is illegal to falsify a passport or other official identification.
- The journalist falsified quotes to make the story more dramatic.
- To prove that a statement, theory, or claim is false.
- New evidence may falsify the long-held belief that the Earth is flat.
- The scientist's goal was to falsify the competing theory with clear data.
- The experiment was designed to falsify the hypothesis, not to confirm it.