fabricate

  • 11fabricate — verb Fabricate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑charge …

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  • 12fabricate — fab|ri|cate [ˈfæbrıkeıt] v [T] 1.) to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone ▪ The police were accused of fabricating evidence . 2.) technical to make or produce goods or equipment = ↑manufacture ▪ The discs are… …

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  • 13fabricate — verb (T) 1 to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone: The police were accused of fabricating evidence. 2 technical to make or produce goods or equipment; manufacture 1 (1): The discs are expensive to fabricate …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14fabricate — verb 1) he fabricated research data Syn: falsify, fake, counterfeit, cook; invent, make up See note at lie I 2. 2) fabricating a pack of lies Syn: concoct, make up …

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  • 15fabricate — fab•ri•cate [[t]ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt[/t]] v. t. cat•ed, cat•ing 1) to make by art or skill and labor; construct 2) to make by assembling parts or sections 3) to devise; invent: to fabricate an alibi[/ex] 4) to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.) •… …

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  • 16fabricate evidence — index frame (charge falsely) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17fabricate — transitive verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fabricatus, past participle of fabricari, from fabrica Date: 15th century 1. a. invent, create b. to make up for the purpose of deception < accused of fabricating evidence > …

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  • 18fabricate — fabricative, adj. fabricator, n. /fab ri kayt /, v.t., fabricated, fabricating. 1. to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock. 2. to make by assembling parts or sections. 3. to devise or invent (a&#8230; …

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  • 19fabricate — Synonyms and related words: assemble, beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, build, build up, call into being, cast, coin, combine, compose, compound, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, concoct, consist of, constitute, construct, contrive,&#8230; …

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  • 20fabricate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. build, construct, manufacture; invent, make up, trump up, concoct. See production, imagination, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To construct] Syn. erect, make, form; see build 1 , manufacture 1 …

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