trumped-up

adjective

concocted with intent to deceive

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trumped-up charges

• Similar to: ↑false

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adj

false, fabricated, fake, faked, falsified, invented, made-up, untrue, bogus, cooked-up, concocted, contrived, spurious

COLLOQ. phoney

≠ genuine, real, true

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

Etymology: from past participle of trump up

: fraudulently concocted : made-up, spurious

trumped-up charges

a trumped-up excuse

an elaborately trumped-up trial — T.C.Chubb

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/trumpt"up"/, adj.

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

[1720-30; special use of TRUMP¹; see -ED²]

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trumpedˈ-up adjective

Invented, false

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Main Entry: ↑trump

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trumped-up UK [ˌtrʌmpt ˈʌp] US [trʌmpt ˈʌp] adjective

deliberately made up in order to connect someone with a crime

trumped-up charges/​evidence

Thesaurus: not definite or based on fact_synonym

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trumped-up «TRUHMPT _UHP», adjective.

made up in order to deceive; fabricated; spurious: »

The Old Mafia leader had to be tried on a trumped-up charge, for lack of anything better (Norman Lewis).

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/ˈtrʌmptˈʌp/ adj

: deliberately done or created to make someone appear to be guilty of a crime

She was arrested on trumped-up charges.

trumped-up evidence