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trumped-up Definition

trumped·-up (trumpt′up′)

adjective

fraudulently devised or concocted; false

trumped up Synonyms

trumped up

modif.

falsified, concocted, magnified; see exaggerated, false 2.

trumped-up Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • charge: Yet to all of the trumped-up charges, to all of this pseudo evidence, our Lord made no reply.
  • evidence: Many miners were sacked after they were convicted on trumped-up police evidence.