The phrase "act of forgery" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts or discussions about criminal activities involving the falsification of documents or signatures.
Example: "The defendant was charged with the act of forgery after it was discovered that he had created a fake will."
Alternatives: "forgery offense" or "forgery crime".
At the center of the more promising plot is an act of forgery.
In the end, with plots uncovered and deceptions laid bare, Shapiro's abiding mystery lies not in the act of forgery itself but in its elusive morality.
They are planning to commit an act of forgery, in which Winston will paint Amelia in the style of an obscure, newly rediscovered French artist named Credeaux.
The leading character in this Capraesque Depression story is a visionary industrialist (Leslie Banks) whose determination to revive the moribund British shipbuilding industry knows no bounds, up to and including committing an act of forgery.
In 1951, he was convicted in a Belgian court of multiple acts of forgery, falsifying records, and taking money under false pretenses, and sentenced to five years in prison, plus costs and fines.
Yes, I did engage in acts of forgery on my report card to make sure she didn't beat me senseless when I didn't get straight A's.
Society's scorn seems a high price to pay for an act of light forgery.
So how did he get away with one of the most daring acts of journalistic forgery?
Supervisors perceived the PBI system as fairer than the prior incentive system due to the lack of forgery.
If I did the third act of "1900," it would be a kind of forgery, a fake.
Legal experts say it could fall foul of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, which states that "a person is guilty of forgery if he makes a false instrument, with the intention that he or another shall use it to induce somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person's prejudice".
