concoct
Example Sentences
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“He then used those records to concoct fanciful allegations of mortgage fraud, which he referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution.”
From Los Angeles Times
But he now insists that the migrant surge was some devilish scheme concocted by the Maduro regime to flood America’s streets with Venezuelan drug dealers.
There’s no way he could have known he was committing a crime, since prosecutors concocted the offense.
But that charge was barred by the statute of limitations, so the district attorney went to work concocting a felony, which has a longer statute of limitations.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court doesn’t so much interpret the law as concoct it, and voters will get an opportunity to respond on next week’s ballot.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
