fabricated
fabricated — adjective
1. describes a story, piece of evidence, or document that someone has deliberately
describes a story, piece of evidence, or document that someone has deliberately created to be untrue and trick other people.
The newspaper published a fabricated story about the mayor's past.
attributive use: fabricated + story
Kwame proved that the police report was completely fabricated.
passive: was fabricated
Ananya refused to sign the contract because it contained fabricated financial data.
The historian showed that the medieval letter was a fabricated document from the 1800s.
Diego's confession turned out to be fabricated under pressure from the investigators.
- false
broader — can describe any incorrect information, not necessarily deliberately invented
- forged
narrower — specifically about documents or signatures faked to imitate the real thing
- made-up
more informal; can be about invention without the deception component
- fictitious
more formal; neutral (fiction) or negative (deception) depending on context
文法句型
fabricated + noun (story, evidence, document)
用法筆記
Frequently used to describe written or spoken material (stories, evidence, documents, data) that someone has made up to deceive. The subject is typically impersonal (a report, a claim, an alibi).
常見錯誤
2. describes objects, parts, or materials that are made in a factory using industri
describes objects, parts, or materials that are made in a factory using industrial processes.
The car doors are made from fabricated steel panels.
attributive: fabricated + steel
The factory ships fabricated metal frames to construction sites across Taiwan.
Oliver ordered a set of fabricated parts for the new bridge.
These plastic pipes are fabricated on site using a portable machine.
- manufactured
interchangeable in most industrial contexts; 'manufactured' is slightly broader
- produced
less specific — works for both industrial and non-industrial creation
- made
more everyday; less formal than 'fabricated'
文法句型
fabricated + noun (metal, parts, components)
用法筆記
This is the literal, non-deceptive sense of 'fabricated'. It appears mainly in technical or industrial writing. The deceptive sense (sense 1) is far more common in everyday English.
常見錯誤
fabricated — verb
1. to create a false story, piece of information, or object with the deliberate pur
to create a false story, piece of information, or object with the deliberate purpose of deceiving other people.
The journalist fabricated quotes from people who had never spoken to her.
fabricated + direct object (quotes)
Vikram fabricated an excuse about a family emergency to avoid attending the meeting.
The police discovered that the witness had fabricated his entire testimony.
Fatima was fired after her boss learned that she had fabricated the sales figures.
Amara warned the committee not to accept the report, saying the data looked fabricated.
文法句型
fabricate + noun (a story, evidence, an excuse)
be fabricated + by + agent
用法筆記
Commonly used in news, legal, and workplace contexts. The object is almost always something that represents itself as factual: a story, excuse, statistic, piece of evidence, or alibi. This sense is often passive (was fabricated by...).