fabricated
adj.adj. invented or made up, usually to trick someone. If a story is fabricated, it is not true.
adj. invented or concocted, typically with the intent to deceive. Often used to describe evidence, stories, or documents that have been forged or falsified.
The witness gave a fabricated account of the accident.
The journalist was fired after the editor discovered that several quotes in the article were entirely fabricated.
While the core events of the memoir were true, the author admitted that certain minor characters were fabricated to protect the privacy of those involved.
Often follows a linking verb like 'be' or 'seem', or precedes nouns like 'evidence', 'story', or 'claim'.
He fabricated that he was ill.He fabricated an excuse about being ill.Fabricated is an adjective or the past tense of a transitive verb; it requires a noun object rather than a 'that' clause.