trumped-up charges

  • 1trumped-up — [ trʌmpt ʌp ] adjective deliberately made up in order to connect someone with a crime: trumped up charges/evidence …

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  • 2trumped-up — adjective concocted with intent to deceive trumped up charges • Similar to: ↑false * * * adj false, fabricated, fake, faked, falsified, invented, made up, untrue, bogus, cooked up, concocted, contrived, spurious COLLOQ. phoney ≠ genuine, real,… …

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  • 3trumped 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… …

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  • 4trumped-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 …

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  • 5trumped-up — adjective Date: 1728 fraudulently concocted ; spurious < trumped up charges > …

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  • 6trumped-up — adjective Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured. Usually in the phrase trumped up charges referring to legal accusation made for illegitimate reasons …

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  • 7trumped-up — ADJ: usu ADJ n Trumped up charges are untrue, and made up in order to punish someone unfairly. Syn: false …

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  • 8trumped-up — UK [ˌtrʌmpt ˈʌp] / US [trʌmpt ˈʌp] adjective deliberately made up in order to connect someone with a crime trumped up charges/evidence …

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