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[ truhmpt-uhp ] / ˈtrʌmptˈʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR trumped-up ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivespuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge. Origin of trumped-up1720–30; special use of trump1; see -ed2 Words nearby trumped-upTrumbo, Trumbull, trumeau, trump, trump card, trumped-up, Trumpeldor, trumpery, trumpet, trumpet creeper, trumpeter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for trumped-upThree 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 Sweeping gun control measures, the DREAM Act, and the trumped-up “war on women” immediately come to mind. 2014 New Year’s Resolutions for the D.C. Political Establishment|Ron Christie|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Unless you help to make the laws, They'll steal your house with trumped-up clause. David's Book Club: Up From History|David Frum|February 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST With the help of the police and the judiciary, dissidents are unlawfully clapped into jails on trumped-up charges. General Basbug’s Arrest Underscores Growing Civilian Power in Turkey|Owen Matthews|January 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Spadaro blew the whistle and was fired two years later on trumped-up charges. Meet Mr. Mining Disaster|Clara Bingham|April 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST You have arrested an innocent woman on the trumped-up charge that she was harbouring me. So he went out of town on some trumped-up engagement, and Eleanor, left to herself, took little pining Bingo for a walk. The Vehement Flame|Margaret Wade Campbell Deland How improbable the trumped-up story that Grant could decoy from his home his bitterest enemy, especially at the midnight hour! Idle Hour Stories|Eugenia Dunlap Potts Here was Ralegh, coming to report a successful and daring exploit, suddenly obliged to defend himself against a trumped-up charge. Great Ralegh|Hugh De Selincourt They've gone to work and given him ninety-five demerits in a week on trumped-up charges. A Cadet's Honor|Upton Sinclair
Words related to trumped-upfictional, fabricated, made-up, assumed, unreal, fanciful, simulated, imaginary, imagined, created, mythical, spurious, apocryphal, phony, misleading, bogus, make-believe, counterfeit, sham, false |