trumped-up

[ truhmpt-uhp ]

/ ˈtrʌmptˈʌp /

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adjective

spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.

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Origin of trumped-up

1720–30; special use of trump¹; see -ed²

How to use trumped-up in a sentence

We need to separate trumped-up fears from the legitimate ones.
Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time!|Gene Robinson|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The depositions of other officers suggested that the “property damage” charges were not just bizarre, but trumped up.
The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie|Michael Daly|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three Al Jazeera journalists have been jailed in Egypt on trumped-up charges of collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Outrage After Egypt Jails Journalists: ‘This Is a Crime Against the Media as a Whole,’ Says Al Jazeera Chief|Lloyd Grove|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No issue better captures the dysfunction of Washington than the trumped up debate over the Keystone XL pipeline.
Keystone Pipeline Is D.C.’s Dumbest Debate|Claire Casey|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It explains why a trumped up story of online vitriol—we are, mind you, talking about Jeopardy!
Inside the Misunderstood Mind of Jeopardy! Champ Arthur Chu, Who Is Not Ruining the Show|Sujay Kumar|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he failed to impose upon the Colonel, and was even far from impressing him with this trumped-up knowledge of bygone days.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
"It is a cowardly pretext on the part of the citizens, trumped up to save their property for the Yankees," said he.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Robber raids they called these wars which he waged for trumped-up pretexts.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay
With the connivance of a corrupt police force, Tim can even ruin him on a trumped-up charge.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross
Then she began to ask herself if he had spoken the truth, or had trumped up this story to frighten her?
File No. 113|Emile Gaboriau

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