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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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trumped-up — [ trʌmpt ʌp ] adjective deliberately made up in order to connect someone with a crime: trumped up charges/evidence … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trumped-up — trumped′ up′ adj. spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: arrested on some trumped up charge[/ex] • Etymology: 1720–30 … From formal English to slang
trumped up — index colorable (specious), ill founded, lying, unfounded, untrue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
trumped-up — index fictitious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
trumped up — [adj] false bogus, concocted, cooked up*, deceitful, dishonest, fabricated, fake, falsified, fictitious, fishy, framed, fraudulent, imaginary, incorrect, invalid, invented, lying, made up, misleading, phony, sham, unfounded, unsound, untrue;… … New thesaurus
trumped-up — [trumpt′up′] adj. fraudulently devised or concocted; false … English World dictionary
trumped-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,… … Useful english dictionary
trumped 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… … Financial and business terms
