: made, done, or altered with intent to deceive: such as
a
: forged sense 2
discovered the faked documents
Unsuspecting users click on this faked site instead of the real site.—
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier
b
: simulated in order to deceive an opponent
a faked punt
His first outside shot, however, was blocked, but he came back with a faked shot and then a sweet bounce pass to O'Sullivan for a layup.—Ira Berkow
Ira BerkowExamples of faked in a Sentence
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Abu Hassan also suggested that the audio clip had been a faked pretext for the violence, saying this was really about settling old scores in the aftermath of Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Don’t misunderstand -- getting more actual client-therapist transcripts deserves attention, meanwhile, some are also pursuing the use of generative AI to generate faked but realistic client-therapist dialogues.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In the new campaign targeting Macs, a faked screen freeze prompts users to enter their Apple ID and password.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
There will be moments, in any month’s pause, where small arms clashes, or drone strikes, prove impossible to attribute to either side as the aggressor: where AI-manipulation, or faked accounts, or entirely fictitious incidents, fill the information space.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Don’t misunderstand -- getting more actual client-therapist transcripts deserves attention, meanwhile, some are also pursuing the use of generative AI to generate faked but realistic client-therapist dialogues.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In the new campaign targeting Macs, a faked screen freeze prompts users to enter their Apple ID and password.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
There will be moments, in any month’s pause, where small arms clashes, or drone strikes, prove impossible to attribute to either side as the aggressor: where AI-manipulation, or faked accounts, or entirely fictitious incidents, fill the information space.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Faked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faked. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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