trumped-up
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But I am frustrated as a medical doctor that a complex issue like fertility—and the trumped-up threat of small penises and “population collapse”—was hijacked without scientific merit as the main argument against plastic.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Mr. Lai has been in prison on trumped-up charges ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Mark Li, 60, had been held in China since September 2016 on what activists say were trumped-up spying charges.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Whether future Cannes controversies await — major or minor, trumped-up or genuine — remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
My ancestor's desire to join them led to trumped-up murder charges for which he was executed—or, anyway, that’s what my grandfather told me.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
A source close to Siddiq has previously described the allegations as "trumped up" and designed to damage her aunt.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
He was arrested on trumped up charges and lost everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Most remain in self-imposed exile to avoid being jailed on various charges they say are trumped up and unfair.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
He is now serving combined sentences of 11-1/2 years in a high-security penal colony for fraud and contempt of court on charges that he says were trumped up to silence him.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023
There must be no more boundary questions trumped up, no more attempts to chip pieces off our frontier; or, strong as the desire is to keep friends with Brother Jonathan, something serious will ensue.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
