English▸ verb [with object] invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent:
officers fabricated evidence.
▪ construct or manufacture (something, especially an industrial product), especially from prepared components:
you will have to fabricate an exhaust system.
– ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin fabricat- ‘manufactured’, from the verb fabricare, from fabrica ‘something skillfully produced’ (see fabric).