2. (verb) (-tia) to falsify, pervert, conspire, set-up, misrepresent, fabricate.
I whakatapehatia kētia e ia te āhua o ngā kōrero (W 1971:383). / He misrepresented the nature of the accounts.
Synonyms: tahupera, whakaparori, aweke, whakariroi, whakahawe
3. (modifier) falsifying, perverting, conspiring, misrepresenting, fabricating.
I huraina i Te Tai Rāwhiti ngā mahi whakatapeha kaute a tētahi tonu o ngā kaiāwhina matua, pou whakawhirinaki a Ngata (TTR 1996:109). / The falsifying of accounts by one of Ngata's trusted lieutenants was uncovered on the East Coast.
Synonyms: whakapeau
