To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods
fic·tion·al·ize fictionalizes fictionalizing fictionalized in BRIT, also use fictionalise To fictionalize an account of something that really happened means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added. We had to fictionalize names. a fictionalised account of a true and horrific story. to make a film or story about a real event, changing some details and adding some imaginary characters