|fȯlˌsēˈkrēmən, -sīˈkrīm-, -ˌmen noun
Etymology: Late Latin, crime of falsifying
: the infamous crime of falsifying including in Roman law every crime committed by fraud and deceit, in modern civil law mainly forgery but also perjury and similar offenses, and in English and United States law also counterfeiting — called also crimen falsi