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fabricate — fab·ri·cate / fa brə ˌkāt/ vb cat·ed, cat·ing vt: to make up (as testimony) with an intent to deceive vi: to make something up with an intent to deceive there was a motive to fabricate Gary Taylor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
fabricate — fab‧ri‧cate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] verb [transitive] MANUFACTURING to make something, using tools, special machines, or an industrial process; = MANUFACTURE: • Samsung will fabricate its own microprocessor. • The steel frame was fabricated by a company… … Financial and business terms
fabricate — UK [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] / US [ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms fabricate : present tense I/you/we/they fabricate he/she/it fabricates present participle fabricating past tense fabricated past participle fabricated 1) to make up a story or piece… … English dictionary
fabricated evidence — Evidence manufactured or arranged after the fact, and either wholly false or else warped and discolored by artifice and contrivance with a deceitful intent. To fabricate evidence is to arrange or manufacture circumstances or indicia, after the… … Black's law dictionary
fabricated evidence — Evidence manufactured or arranged after the fact, and either wholly false or else warped and discolored by artifice and contrivance with a deceitful intent. To fabricate evidence is to arrange or manufacture circumstances or indicia, after the… … Black's law dictionary
fabricate — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fabricate — 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
fabricate — 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 > … New Collegiate Dictionary
fabricate — fab|ri|cate [ fæbrı,keıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to make up a story or piece of information in order to make someone believe something that is not true: The defense accused police of fabricating evidence. 2. ) TECHNICAL to make something such as a … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fabricate — [[t]fæ̱brɪkeɪt[/t]] fabricates, fabricating, fabricated 1) VERB If someone fabricates information, they invent it in order to deceive people. [V n] All four claim that officers fabricated evidence against them... [V ed] Eleven key Communist… … English dictionary
