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ウソついた証拠 is a line from Attack on Titan's first episode. It's roughly
translated as "proof of lying". Is there a general grammatical pattern that we
can derive from this AついたB?
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AついたB - Is there a general grammatical structure here?
There is nothing special here. 嘘をつく is a very common set phrase meaning "to
tell a lie". つく happens to be the verb you must use with 嘘, and you have to
learn this by rote. See [light
verb](https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/42912/8629). (嘘を言う is understandable,
but sounds a bit awkward.)

So 嘘をついた is "(Someone) told a lie", and 嘘をついた証拠 is "the proof that (someone)
told a lie" (嘘ついた modifies 証拠 as a relative clause). を has been omitted in
your actual example.

On a side note, つく/づく is also a suffix that forms various lexicalized verbs
(eg 気付く, むかつく, 色付く, 怖じ気付く), in which case there must not be を before つく. There
is no such verb as 嘘つく.
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