Starts fabricating stories of civil disorder (5)
I believe the answer is:
riots
'disorder' is the definition.
(I know this)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riots that I've seen before include "Acts of violence by unruly mobs" , "Violent disturbances" , "Wild disturbances by crowds" , "Protests" , "Public disturbances" .)