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trump up

verb as in fabricate

verb as in manufacture

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verb as in rig

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A source close to Siddiq has previously described the allegations as "trumped up" and designed to damage her aunt.

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A source close to her called these "trumped up charges".

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He was arrested on trumped up charges and lost everything.

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Khan said exiled journalists often face two major legal threats from their home countries: “investigation, prosecution and punishment in absentia, and the pursuit of their extradition on trumped up criminal charges.”

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“In my mind, they trumped up the sanction to cease my communications,” Longshore said.

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