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Meanings of concocted in English

Consisting of a lie.

Usage of concocted in English
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So the navy hid behind national security and concocted a cover story.
The charlemagne pursuit
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She found it hard to believe all that evidence had been concocted.
Fortunate harbor
3
For a moment, he drifted deep into the story McDermott had concocted.
Boston noir
4
A plot was concocted, the lady consenting to take part in it.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
5
Instead, lurid stories were concocted in the back rooms of nearby roadhouses.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
6
In fact, someone should write an article on the drugs they've concocted.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
7
From the tip-top heart of the tree she concocted a delicious salad.
Adventure
8
The Dyak plan for reaching the magazine had been too hastily concocted.
As It Was in the Beginning
9
How, I wondered, could any serious author have concocted such a scene?
Drood: a novel
10
With no phone number, Natalya could have concocted the whole thing herself.
Lockdown
11
And he presided over a bank that concocted aggressive tax avoidance schemes.
Reuters
12
I had concocted so many, and so few had come to fruition.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
13
They concocted it together, and the rough draft was copied by Emmeline.
The Paying Guest
14
The supper thus concocted and carried out was certainly a genuine triumph.
At Whispering Pine Lodge
15
Some erratic architect certainly concocted the plan of the Hotel del Coronado.
Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
16
Topcliffe and Fitzherbert concocted a scheme for making a tidy fortune quickly.
The tudors: the complete story of england's most notorious dynas...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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