でっち上あげる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

fabricate; make up; cook up

Used for inventing a false story, excuse, or accusation. Often carries a negative nuance of deliberate deception.

• 彼かれはアリバイをでっち上あげた。

  He fabricated an alibi.

• その記き事じは完かん全ぜんにでっち上あげられた話はなしだ。

  That article is a completely made-up story.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cobble together; throw together

Used for hastily or carelessly putting something together, often with a sense of improvisation or poor quality.

• 締しめ切きりに間まに合あわせるために、急いそいでレポートをでっち上あげた。

  I cobbled together a report in a hurry to meet the deadline.