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What is another word for invent a story?

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Verb
To tell an untruth or falsehood
lie
fib
fabricate
prevaricate
dissimulate
deceive
delude
falsify
mislead
bluff
exaggerate
misrepresent
con
dissemble
equivocate
hoax
hoodwink
misinform
perjure
pretend
beguile
dupe
misguide
misspeak
misstate
trick
bull
cap
distort
forswear
fudge
gaslight
misinstruct
overdraw
palter
pervert
snow
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
be untruthful
concoct a story
depart from the truth
stretch the truth
string along
tell a lie
tell stories
bear false witness
be economical with the truth
be forsworn
break promise
commit perjury
fake it
forswear oneself
have on
make up a story
not speak the truth
not tell the truth
perjure oneself
put on the wrong track
say something untrue
tell untruths
throw off the scent
make believe
put on
put up a front
send on a wild goose chase
tell a terminological inexactitude
lead astray
BS
tell a white lie
lack candor
lie through one's teeth
give the wrong impression
fake
feign
invent
concoct
jive
kid
plant
trump up
make up
create fiction
tell a fib
speak with forked tongue
pull the wool over someone's eyes
tell a little white lie
pull someone's leg
forge
colorUS
misinterpret
bend
slant
misreport
colourUK
misrelate
belie
fool
misquote
bamboozle
snooker
cozen
sucker
gaff
hornswoggle
gull
have
humbug
spoof
burn
gammon
buffalo
juggle
put a spin on
catch
manipulate
phony up
warp
cook
twist
garble
take in
suck in
cover up
lead down the garden path
fake out
take for a ride
simulate
hatch
bias
disguise
skew
adulterate
embroider
embellish
tell untruth
misdirect
create out of thin air
disinform
promote
cheat
swindle
doublespeak
bilk
propagandizeUS
defraud
outwit
betray
quote out of context
mousetrap
propagandiseUK
tell lies
lie to
take out of context
give wrong information to
lead up the garden path
put on an act
give someone a bum steer
wrong steer
put up smoke screen
spin a yarn
put on false front
do a number on
bait and switch
pull one's leg
lead on
double-cross
put one over on
double-talk
dream up
conjure up
phonyUS
prejudice
devise
spin
do
flimflam
phoneyUK
four-flush
misconstrue
whitewash
swear falsely
lie under oath
put the wrong slant on
scam
hose
illude
inveigle
shaft
outfox
rook
bunk
ensnare
victimizeUS
overreach
entangle
enmesh
victimiseUK
caboodle
bait
impose on
overstate
rip off
pull a swifty on
lead up garden path
play trick on
pull a fast one on
rope in
confuse
strain
mangle
angle
miscolor
conceal
cloak
stretch
mask
dress
puff
travesty
parody
blow smoke
give a false idea of
pass off
build up
give a false account of
alter
doctor
change
rig
fiddle
fix
massage
corrupt
counterfeit
contort
debase
vitiate
gloss
deacon
tamper with
frame up
“You cannot associate with an America-bashing preacher or invent a story about braving sniper fire while landing in a quiet airport in Tuzla without paying a price.”
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inveigles someone into
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