Meaning & use
planted
Placed deliberately and secretly, especially evidence or a person, to deceive or mislead others.
See it in a sentence
The lawyer argued that the drugs found in the car had been planted.
Reporters suspected the leaked memo was a planted story meant to shift public opinion.
A note on using this word
This is the past-participle form of the verb 'plant' used adjectivally to describe deception rather than gardening.
Words with a similar meaning
fabricatedstaged
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Words with an opposite meaning
genuine
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