concoct 復習
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi over her role in a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo metropolitan government building.
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Yuji Nakamura, a lawyer at a support group for victims of crimes committed by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, warned the religious body is still active and teaches its members that the criminal cases were concocted and cult leader Matsumoto on death row is not guilty.
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Supreme-court-upholds-acquittal-of-ex-Aum-cult-member-in-bombing-case
concoct/kənkάkt/を取り上げます。LDOCEを引くと“to invent a clever story, excuse, or plan, especially in order to deceive someone” “to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things, especially things that are not usually combined”と定義されています。今回は前者の意味で用いられています。
次に 『ジーニアス英和辞典』で調べると「〈スープ・飲食物など〉を（混ぜ合わせて）作る、調理する《しばしばおいしくない物ができることを含意する》」「〈話など〉をでっち上げる;〈計画・陰謀など〉を仕組む」とあります。
語源はラテン語のcon（共に）とcoct（料理する）からきています。(Kiwi girl)
