Not real; false, fraudulent.
Used in a Sentence
faked
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for faked.
Editorial note
The evidence is faked, or skewed heavily, but it might be hard to know this.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of faked gathered in one view.
(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for faked.
adjective
Not real; false, fraudulent.
verb
(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
verb
(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
verb
(archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
Example sentences
The evidence is faked, or skewed heavily, but it might be hard to know this.
The admins of the time faked a huge portion of their posts to form communities around them.
The more troublesome tests are those that aren't faked, and they are crucial to expose many bugs.
GPS based speed calculations are not to be trusted, is easily faked and often false.
Nah, they shredded everything shreddable, stuffed the 'investigation' with cronies, faked health issues and generally buried everything in a massive hole.
So if they were faking things, there would eventually be signs pointing to faked behavior.
If so, an observer can connect to the named server himself and see things like a) the SNI header is faked, e.g.
The scientist behind the research that inspired the show admites he faked his research.
Second, easy to submit faked screenshots to get someone flagged as a bad person.
On the other hand, if legitimate use is allowed, there are doctors out there who will give you a prescription for faked symptoms.
It is clear the crime scene was later returned to, and altered to cover evidence (faked break-in; footprints; removal of bra from the body).
This post would have been much better if the name was faked.
Quote examples
This might be conceptually similar to Searle's "Chinese Room", where understanding is faked by pure lookup.
: "A state’s witness took the fall for an agent’s theft, thus becoming the target for a murder-for-hire—a murder that was then faked by the same agent.
He faked his own references (via fax at that time) to get in the door, and when people made reference to university he just sidestepped the question or gave vague "yeah" type answers as he had not attended but had left school at the minimum legal age and become self employed (and failed a couple of times).
Having a log available would be instructive anyhow, since a faked log would be more likely to be detectable as fake, since the whole thing rests on the question of "how convincing is the argument?" Also note particularly that that rule wasn't in effect for the two linked confirmations.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use faked in a sentence?
The evidence is faked, or skewed heavily, but it might be hard to know this.
What does faked mean?
Not real; false, fraudulent.
What part of speech is faked?
faked is commonly used as adjective, verb.