What are fabricated results?

Fabricated results are made-up answers that someone says happened when they didn’t really happen.

Imagine you're playing a game where you roll dice to see how many steps you can take on a board. You want to win, so instead of rolling the dice, you just say you rolled a 6 every time, even though it wasn't true. That’s like fabricated results, you’re making up what happened to get a better outcome.

Think about when your parent asks if you ate all your vegetables. If you didn’t, but you say “Yes!” just so they don’t make you eat more, that’s like fabricated results too. You're saying something happened (you ate the veggies) when it really didn't.

Sometimes people do this in school or work to look smarter or get better grades, even though they didn’t actually do the work. It's kind of like wearing a costume to pretend you're someone else, but instead of clothes, you’re using made-up answers.