trumped-up
11trumped up — UK US trump up sth/trump sth up Phrasal Verb with trump({{}}/trʌmp/ verb [T] ► to give or use false information so that someone will be accused of doing something wrong and punished: »The accusation, she said, was trumped up in order to get rid… …
12trumped up — 1. mod. heavily promoted; overly praised. □ I don’t care for trumped up stuff like that movie. □ That movie was so trumped up. I expected to see something much better than it turned out to be. 2. mod. made up; contrived. □ They put Larry in the… …
13trumped-up — adjective trumped up charges/evidence etc false information that has been used to make someone seem guilty of a crime: Dissidents were routinely arrested on trumped up charges …
14Trumped — Trump Trump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trumping}.] To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led. [1913 Webster] …
15trumped-up — adjective Date: 1728 fraudulently concocted ; spurious < trumped up charges > …
16trumped-up — /trumpt up /, adj. spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped up charge. [1720 30; special use of TRUMP1; see ED2] * * * …
17trumped-up — adjective Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured. Usually in the phrase trumped up charges referring to legal accusation made for illegitimate reasons …
18trumped-up — adj. Trumped up is used with these nouns: ↑charge …
19trumped-up — ADJ: usu ADJ n Trumped up charges are untrue, and made up in order to punish someone unfairly. Syn: false …
20trumped-up — UK [ˌtrʌmpt ˈʌp] / US [trʌmpt ˈʌp] adjective deliberately made up in order to connect someone with a crime trumped up charges/evidence …
