manufactured
v.v. to make something in a factory, usually in large amounts using machines. It can also mean making up a story or an excuse that is not true.
v. to produce goods on a large scale using machinery; by extension, to invent or fabricate information or evidence. Transitive — requires a direct object.
The company manufactured over a million cars last year.
The firm moved its operations overseas to reduce the cost of goods manufactured for the global market.
The prosecutor argued that the defendant had manufactured an alibi by bribing witnesses to testify that he was elsewhere during the commission of the crime.
The verb is transitive and always takes a direct object. In its figurative sense, it often collocations with 'evidence', 'excuses', or 'consent'.