falsi crimen

noun

fal·​si cri·​men

¦fȯlˌsēˈkrēmən,

-sīˈkrīm-,

-ˌmen

: 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 U.S. law also counterfeiting

called also crimen falsi

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, crime of falsifying

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