trumped-up
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Paul Dacre, Associated Newspapers' editor-in-chief and ex-Daily Mail editor, said the action had been "trumped-up" adding it "should never have been brought to trial".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
A few years ago, my godfather was jailed on trumped-up “anticonversion” charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
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
Whether future Cannes controversies await — major or minor, trumped-up or genuine — remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
Some, of it was formal and trumped-up, overdone.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
A source close to her called these "trumped up charges".
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
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
Aide Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday the charges were trumped up.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
Was the fellow such a coward that he trumped up this excuse not to see him?
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
