embellished

Chancellor Rachel Reeves's CV came under the spotlight at Prime Minister's Questions, following claims she had embellished some of her past achievements.

It was specific to Minhaj and went to great lengths to show that he embellished aspects of his personal life in some of his jokes.

The 400 swings Betts claimed to take in the batting cage last week might have been somewhat embellished.

His long criminal record was never in dispute, but it’s easy to suspect he embellished some of his outlaw exploits.

The accounts became wilder and more embellished, and what had seem like cross-corroboration now seemed a clear case of cross-contamination.