捏造(ねつぞう)

ねつぞう
noun, suru verb
fabrication; forgery; making up
1. fabrication; forgery; making up
The act of creating false information, data, or evidence and presenting it as true; falsification.
データを捏造(ねつぞう)する。
To fabricate data.
この記事(きじ)は捏造(ねつぞう)だと判明(はんめい)した。
This article turned out to be fabricated.
研究(けんきゅう)不正(ふせい)で論文(ろんぶん)の捏造(ねつぞう)が発覚(はっかく)した。
Fabrication of the research paper was discovered as academic misconduct.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • データを捏造(ねつぞう)する - to fabricate data
  • 証拠(しょうこ)を捏造(ねつぞう)する - to forge evidence
  • 歴史(れきし)の捏造(ねつぞう) - falsification of history
  • 論文(ろんぶん)捏造(ねつぞう) - research fraud/fabrication

USAGE CONTEXT:
Common in news reporting about scandals, academic misconduct, or legal cases.

RELATED WORDS:

  • 改竄(かいざん) - falsification, tampering (altering existing documents)
  • 歪曲(わいきょく) - distortion, misrepresentation
  • 偽造(ぎぞう) - forgery, counterfeiting (especially documents, money)
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Added 2026.1.20 22:21
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