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fabricate verb [ ˈfabrɪkeɪt ]

• invent (something) in order to deceive.
• "officers fabricated evidence"
Similar: forge, falsify, fake, counterfeit, make up, invent, concoct, contrive, think up, dream up, manufacture, trump up, cook up,
• construct or manufacture (an industrial product), especially from prepared components.
• "you will have to fabricate an exhaust system"
Similar: make, create, manufacture, produce, construct, build, assemble, put together, cobble together, form, fashion, contrive, model, shape, forge, erect, put up, set up, raise, elevate,
Opposite: destroy, dismantle,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin fabricat- ‘manufactured’, from the verb fabricare, from fabrica ‘something skilfully produced’ (see fabric).


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