Cooked up
Fake
Fake adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- He later turns out to be a fake persona cooked up by Frank Fontaine, who is American.
Source: Oireland -
She hung around the Kardashians for a few years, and eventually staged a fake nude photo controversy cooked up by Bailon and a gossip blogger in an attempt to boost her career.
Source: Contractual Purity -
Naturally, Rufus sets about concocting a scheme involving taking a picture with a fake Goal, only to be intercepted at the very end by Goal herself saying she'd convinced the Gate Guardian to let them pass and reacting with appalled surprise by what he'd cooked up.
Source: Video Game / Deponia
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