fabricate — ODE

fabricate /ˈfabrɪkeɪt

▸ verb [with object]

1 invent (something) in order to deceive:

he was charged with tampering with or fabricating evidence

(fabricated as adjective) people had been illegally or arbitrarily jailed with the use of fabricated charges.

2 construct or manufacture (an industrial product), especially from prepared components:

you will have to fabricate an exhaust system.

– DERIVATIVES

fabricator /ˈfabrɪkeɪtə

/ noun

– ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin fabricat- ‘manufactured’, from the verb fabricare, from fabrica ‘something skilfully produced’ (see fabric).