fabricated

/ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtɪd/

Something that's fabricated is faked or invented, like a fabricated story about how the dog ate your homework. Trust us, no one believes that.

If a journalist uses fabricated quotes, it means he made them up, and if a police officer uses fabricated evidence, it means she deliberately planted or falsified it. Some fabricated things are literally manufactured, like the fabricated parts used to build a car. Both senses of this adjective come from the verb fabricate, "construct" or "make," and share a root with fabric that means "fit together."

Definitions of fabricated

1. adjective

   formed or conceived by the imagination
   “a fabricated excuse for his absence”

   synonyms: fancied, fictional, fictitious

   unreal

   lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria