fabricate
verb
fab·ri·cate
ˈfa-bri-ˌkāt 
fabricated; fabricating
2
: construct, manufacture
specifically
: to construct from diverse and usually standardized parts
Their plan is to fabricate the house out of synthetic parts.
Examples of fabricate in a Sentence
Only the largest parts were fabricated at the factory.
Their plan is to fabricate the house out of synthetic materials.
a story fabricated to sell magazines
She was accused of fabricating data.
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Reports indicating otherwise are entirely fabricated.
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Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
The actor became infamous for fabricating stories about his life, including tales of witnessing a clown die and being a women’s hand model.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: Altered The image is fabricated and was first shared by a Reddit user who labeled it that way.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
His claims, however, have been met with aggressive pushback from Maduro's government, which accuses him of fabricating vote tallies.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
The actor became infamous for fabricating stories about his life, including tales of witnessing a clown die and being a women’s hand model.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: Altered The image is fabricated and was first shared by a Reddit user who labeled it that way.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
His claims, however, have been met with aggressive pushback from Maduro's government, which accuses him of fabricating vote tallies.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Fabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fabricate. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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fabricate
verb
fab·ri·cate
ˈfab-ri-ˌkāt
fabricated; fabricating
1
2
: to make up in order to deceive
fabricated evidence to support her claim
fabrication
noun
ˌfab-ri-ˈkā-shən
Legal Definition
fabricate
verb
fab·ri·cate
ˈfa-brə-ˌkāt
fabricated; fabricating
: to make up (as testimony) with an intent to deceive
: to make something up with an intent to deceive
there was a motive to fabricate—Gary Taylor
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